qgis-1.6 on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 16,2024

1. Install "qgis-1.6" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)

$ sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si

b. Install qgis-1.6 on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S qgis-1.6

* (Optional) Uninstall qgis-1.6 on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns qgis-1.6

2. Manually Install "qgis-1.6" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:

$ sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

b. Clone qgis-1.6's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/qgis-1.6.git ~/qgis-1.6

c. Go to ~/qgis-1.6 folder and install it

$ cd ~/qgis-1.6 $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the qgis-1.6 package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 231279
Name: qgis-1.6
PackageBaseID: 99899
PackageBase: qgis-1.6
Version: 15265-8
Description: Quantum GIS, Geographic Information System; old 1.6 stable version
URL: http://qgis.org/
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer:
FirstSubmitted: 1442137300
LastModified: 1442419067
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/qgis-1.6.tar.gz