mfem on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "mfem" 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 mfem on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall mfem on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1397833
Name: mfem
PackageBaseID: 169761
PackageBase: mfem
Version: 4.6-3
Description: Lightweight, general, scalable C++ library for finite element methods
URL: https://github.com/mfem/mfem
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0.277376
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: carlosal1015
Submitter: lmartinez-mirror
FirstSubmitted: 1628531455
LastModified: 1706836646
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/mfem.tar.gz