optar on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 27,2024

1. Install "optar" 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 optar on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall optar on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 676775
Name: optar
PackageBaseID: 147390
PackageBase: optar
Version: 1-1
Description: OPTical ARchiver - codec for encoding data on paper
URL: http://ronja.twibright.com/optar/
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: jose1711
Submitter: jose1711
FirstSubmitted: 1576331905
LastModified: 1576331905
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/optar.tar.gz