libpng15 on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "libpng15" 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 libpng15 on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall libpng15 on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "libpng15" 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 libpng15's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/libpng15.git 
            
                        
                ~/libpng15
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/libpng15 folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/libpng15
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libpng15 package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 626250
Name: libpng15
PackageBaseID: 69601
PackageBase: libpng15
Version: 1.5.30-1
Description: A collection of routines used to create PNG format graphics files (1.5 branch)
URL: http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html
NumVotes: 125
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: eworm
Submitter: eworm
FirstSubmitted: 1367506691
LastModified: 1562013036
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/libpng15.tar.gz