libqcow on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 27,2024

1. Install "libqcow" 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 libqcow on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall libqcow on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 923500
Name: libqcow
PackageBaseID: 59936
PackageBase: libqcow
Version: 20210419-1
Description: Library and tools to support QEMU copy-on-write image format (QCOW, QCOW2), including a FUSE-based mount utility
URL: https://github.com/libyal/libqcow/
NumVotes: 3
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer:
Submitter:
FirstSubmitted: 1339371778
LastModified: 1624124567
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/libqcow.tar.gz