paq8o on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 24,2024

1. Install "paq8o" 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 paq8o on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall paq8o on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "paq8o" 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 paq8o's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/paq8o.git 
            
                        
                ~/paq8o
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/paq8o folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/paq8o
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the paq8o package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 227052
Name: paq8o
PackageBaseID: 99143
PackageBase: paq8o
Version: 9-1
Description: PAQ8 series of archivers, resurrected by new maintainers
URL: http://cs.fit.edu/~mmahoney/compression
NumVotes: 32
Popularity: 0.007368
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: bitwave
Submitter: uncle
FirstSubmitted: 1441060096
LastModified: 1441060590
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/paq8o.tar.gz