pgvector on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 09,2025

1. Install "pgvector" 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 pgvector on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall pgvector on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1395559
Name: pgvector
PackageBaseID: 191977
PackageBase: pgvector
Version: 0.6.0-1
Description: A vector similarity search extension for PostgreSQL
URL: https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector
NumVotes: 2
Popularity: 0.657769
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: sorz
Submitter: sorz
FirstSubmitted: 1679913096
LastModified: 1706629644
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/pgvector.tar.gz