pdfsam on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "pdfsam" 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 pdfsam on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall pdfsam on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1406197
Name: pdfsam
PackageBaseID: 163717
PackageBase: pdfsam
Version: 5.2.2-1
Description: A free open source tool to split and merge pdf documents
URL: https://www.pdfsam.org/
NumVotes: 18
Popularity: 0.033366
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: ChaosKid42
Submitter: ainola
FirstSubmitted: 1614241020
LastModified: 1707414922
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/pdfsam.tar.gz