psychopy on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "psychopy" 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 psychopy on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall psychopy on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 979636
Name: psychopy
PackageBaseID: 98150
PackageBase: psychopy
Version: 2021.2.3-1
Description: An experiment builder for neuroscience, psychology and psychophysics
URL: http://www.psychopy.org
NumVotes: 5
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate: 1644733729
Maintainer: daniel_shub
Submitter: daniel_shub
FirstSubmitted: 1440102267
LastModified: 1635284363
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/psychopy.tar.gz