q2rtx on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: September 28,2024

1. Install "q2rtx" 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 q2rtx on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall q2rtx on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "q2rtx" 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 q2rtx's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/q2rtx.git 
            
                        
                ~/q2rtx
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/q2rtx folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/q2rtx
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the q2rtx package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1275001
Name: q2rtx
PackageBaseID: 194829
PackageBase: q2rtx
Version: 1.7.0-2
Description: NVIDIA’s implementation of RTX ray-tracing in Quake II
URL: https://github.com/NVIDIA/Q2RTX
NumVotes: 3
Popularity: 0.000277
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: FabioLolix
Submitter: FabioLolix
FirstSubmitted: 1687086546
LastModified: 1687086546
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/q2rtx.tar.gz