psi4 on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 02,2025

1. Install "psi4" 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 psi4 on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall psi4 on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "psi4" 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 psi4's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/psi4.git 
            
                        
                ~/psi4
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/psi4 folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/psi4
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the psi4 package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1184071
Name: psi4
PackageBaseID: 188691
PackageBase: psi4
Version: 1.7-1
Description: Open-source quantum chemistry - an electronic structure package in C++ driven by Python
URL: http://psicode.org
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0.000109
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Tenshi65535
Submitter: Tenshi65535
FirstSubmitted: 1670924215
LastModified: 1671268426
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/psi4.tar.gz