gzip-with-pigz-symlinks on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 07,2025

1. Install "gzip-with-pigz-symlinks" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

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

$ sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si

b. Install gzip-with-pigz-symlinks on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S gzip-with-pigz-symlinks

* (Optional) Uninstall gzip-with-pigz-symlinks on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns gzip-with-pigz-symlinks

2. Manually Install "gzip-with-pigz-symlinks" via AUR

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

$ sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

b. Clone gzip-with-pigz-symlinks's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/gzip-with-pigz-symlinks.git ~/gzip-with-pigz-symlinks

c. Go to ~/gzip-with-pigz-symlinks folder and install it

$ cd ~/gzip-with-pigz-symlinks $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the gzip-with-pigz-symlinks package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 735603
Name: gzip-with-pigz-symlinks
PackageBaseID: 139147
PackageBase: gzip-with-pigz-symlinks
Version: 1.10-2
Description: GNU compression utility with binary symlinked to pigz
URL: https://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0.538287
OutOfDate:
Maintainer:
FirstSubmitted: 1548808263
LastModified: 1589374126
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/gzip-with-pigz-symlinks.tar.gz