mingw-w64-xz on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: July 07,2024

1. Install "mingw-w64-xz" 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 mingw-w64-xz on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                mingw-w64-xz
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall mingw-w64-xz on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                mingw-w64-xz
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "mingw-w64-xz" 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 mingw-w64-xz's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/mingw-w64-xz.git 
            
                        
                ~/mingw-w64-xz
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/mingw-w64-xz folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/mingw-w64-xz
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the mingw-w64-xz package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1417881
Name: mingw-w64-xz
PackageBaseID: 61513
PackageBase: mingw-w64-xz
Version: 5.6.0-1
Description: Library and command line tools for XZ and LZMA compressed files (mingw-w64)
URL: https://xz.tukaani.org/xz-utils/
NumVotes: 13
Popularity: 0.000231
OutOfDate: 1710551775
Maintainer: pingplug
Submitter: Schala
FirstSubmitted: 1344240314
LastModified: 1709189383
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/mingw-w64-xz.tar.gz