gsview on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 27,2024

1. Install "gsview" 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 gsview on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall gsview on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "gsview" 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 gsview's git locally


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


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

ID: 298008
Name: gsview
PackageBaseID: 12863
PackageBase: gsview
Version: 4.9-12
Description: A nice looking GUI for ghostscript with some extraction features
URL: http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/gsview/get49.htm
NumVotes: 57
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: ConnorBehan
Submitter: ConnorBehan
FirstSubmitted: 1189301376
LastModified: 1461864950
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/gsview.tar.gz