openbabel2 on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "openbabel2" 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 openbabel2 on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall openbabel2 on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "openbabel2" 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 openbabel2's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/openbabel2.git 
            
                        
                ~/openbabel2
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/openbabel2 folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/openbabel2
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the openbabel2 package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 696854
Name: openbabel2
PackageBaseID: 149106
PackageBase: openbabel2
Version: 2.4.1-1
Description: A library designed to interconvert between many file formats used in molecular modeling and computational chemistry (libs only)
URL: https://openbabel.org/wiki/Main_Page
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer:
Submitter: dviktor
FirstSubmitted: 1581693064
LastModified: 1581693064
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/openbabel2.tar.gz