kicad-nightly on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 01,2024

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

$ yay -S kicad-nightly

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

$ yay -Rns kicad-nightly

2. Manually Install "kicad-nightly" via AUR

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

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

b. Clone kicad-nightly's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/kicad-nightly.git ~/kicad-nightly

c. Go to ~/kicad-nightly folder and install it

$ cd ~/kicad-nightly $ makepkg -si

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