kicad-rc on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 08,2024

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

$ yay -S kicad-rc

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

$ yay -Rns kicad-rc

2. Manually Install "kicad-rc" via AUR

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

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

b. Clone kicad-rc's git locally

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

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

$ cd ~/kicad-rc $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the kicad-rc package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1036051
Name: kicad-rc
PackageBaseID: 134175
PackageBase: kicad-rc
Version: 6.0.2-1
Description: Official KiCad release candidates and dev snapshots
URL: http://kicad.org/
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate: 1675289894
Maintainer:
Submitter: greyltc
FirstSubmitted: 1531324571
LastModified: 1644757030
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/kicad-rc.tar.gz