kiwix-desktop-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: March 15,2025

1. Install "kiwix-desktop-git" 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 kiwix-desktop-git on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                kiwix-desktop-git
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall kiwix-desktop-git on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                kiwix-desktop-git
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "kiwix-desktop-git" 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 kiwix-desktop-git's git locally


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


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/kiwix-desktop-git
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the kiwix-desktop-git package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 753384
Name: kiwix-desktop-git
PackageBaseID: 147671
PackageBase: kiwix-desktop-git
Version: 2.0.1.r16.g8430ee8-1
Description: Offline reader for Web content, especially intended to make Wikipedia available offline
URL: https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-desktop
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: hashworks
Submitter: soloturn
FirstSubmitted: 1577352524
LastModified: 1592422237
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/kiwix-desktop-git.tar.gz