kicad-nightly on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 23,2024

1. Install "kicad-nightly" 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 kicad-nightly on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                kicad-nightly
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall kicad-nightly on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                kicad-nightly
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "kicad-nightly" 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 kicad-nightly's git locally


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


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

ID: 1428833
Name: kicad-nightly
PackageBaseID: 158588
PackageBase: kicad-nightly
Version: 8.99.0_400_g383dbd983a-1
Description: Electronic schematic and printed circuit board (PCB) design tools
URL: http://kicad.org/
NumVotes: 9
Popularity: 0.278266
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: DX-MON
Submitter: DX-MON
FirstSubmitted: 1602279127
LastModified: 1710648347
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/kicad-nightly.tar.gz