mscompress on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: March 13,2025

1. Install "mscompress" 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 mscompress on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall mscompress on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 546910
Name: mscompress
PackageBaseID: 127888
PackageBase: mscompress
Version: 0.3-2
Description: Microsoft "compress.exe/expand.exe" compatible (de)compressor
URL: http://martin.hinner.info/mscompress/
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: grawity
Submitter: grawity
FirstSubmitted: 1513149724
LastModified: 1537948580
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/mscompress.tar.gz