kicad-wayland on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 10,2025

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


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


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


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


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

ID: 1384644
Name: kicad-wayland
PackageBaseID: 195865
PackageBase: kicad-wayland
Version: 7.0.10-1
Description: Electronic schematic and printed circuit board (PCB) design tools, patched for Wayland
URL: http://kicad.org/
NumVotes: 4
Popularity: 0.565199
OutOfDate: 1710573625
Maintainer: frysztak
Submitter: frysztak
FirstSubmitted: 1689690425
LastModified: 1705073753
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/kicad-wayland.tar.gz