plzip on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "plzip" 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 plzip on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall plzip on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1408697
Name: plzip
PackageBaseID: 115211
PackageBase: plzip
Version: 1.11-1
Description: A massively parallel lossless data compressor based on the lzlib compression library
URL: https://www.nongnu.org/lzip/plzip.html
NumVotes: 18
Popularity: 1.138094
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Gyroplast
Submitter: svalo
FirstSubmitted: 1472899631
LastModified: 1707848396
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/plzip.tar.gz