libancient on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 25,2024

1. Install "libancient" 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 libancient on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall libancient on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "libancient" 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 libancient's git locally


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


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

ID: 1296790
Name: libancient
PackageBaseID: 190181
PackageBase: libancient
Version: 2.1.1-1
Description: Decompression routines for ancient formats
URL: https://github.com/temisu/ancient/
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Sapphirus
Submitter: Sapphirus
FirstSubmitted: 1675648037
LastModified: 1690792092
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/libancient.tar.gz