nettle6 on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "nettle6" 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 nettle6 on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall nettle6 on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "nettle6" 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 nettle6's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/nettle6.git 
            
                        
                ~/nettle6
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/nettle6 folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/nettle6
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the nettle6 package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 859116
Name: nettle6
PackageBaseID: 145518
PackageBase: nettle6
Version: 3.4.1-2
Description: A low-level cryptographic library (legacy version)
URL: http://www.lysator.liu.se/~nisse/nettle/
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: simonfxr
Submitter: simonfxr
FirstSubmitted: 1570099891
LastModified: 1612542463
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/nettle6.tar.gz