gifgen on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 29,2024

1. Install "gifgen" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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b. Install gifgen on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall gifgen on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "gifgen" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
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b. Clone gifgen's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/gifgen.git 
            
                        
                ~/gifgen
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/gifgen folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/gifgen
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gifgen package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 820248
Name: gifgen
PackageBaseID: 150699
PackageBase: gifgen
Version: 1.2.0-1
Description: Simple high quality GIF encoding
URL: https://github.com/lukechilds/gifgen
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer:
Submitter: ragouel
FirstSubmitted: 1585155522
LastModified: 1605674467
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/gifgen.tar.gz