pdfscale on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 24,2024

1. Install "pdfscale" 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 pdfscale on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall pdfscale on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1127292
Name: pdfscale
PackageBaseID: 185018
PackageBase: pdfscale
Version: 2.5.3-1
Description: Bash Script to Scale and Resize PDFs using Ghostscript
URL: https://github.com/tavinus/pdfScale
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0.368633
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: grufo
Submitter: grufo
FirstSubmitted: 1660778159
LastModified: 1660778889
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/pdfscale.tar.gz