python-packbits on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 23,2024

1. Install "python-packbits" 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 python-packbits on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                python-packbits
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall python-packbits on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                python-packbits
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "python-packbits" 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 python-packbits's git locally


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


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

ID: 515586
Name: python-packbits
PackageBaseID: 133019
PackageBase: python-packbits
Version: 0.6-1
Description: This module implements a PackBits encoder/decoder for Python 2.x and 3.x.
URL: https://github.com/kmike/packbits
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: 0x2a
Submitter: 0x2a
FirstSubmitted: 1527791732
LastModified: 1527791732
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/python-packbits.tar.gz