r-cairo on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "r-cairo" 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 r-cairo on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall r-cairo on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "r-cairo" 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 r-cairo's git locally


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


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

ID: 1371386
Name: r-cairo
PackageBaseID: 179829
PackageBase: r-cairo
Version: 1.6.2-2
Description: R Graphics Device using Cairo Graphics Library for Creating High-Quality Bitmap (PNG, JPEG, TIFF), Vector (PDF, SVG, PostScript) and Display (X11 and Win32) Output
URL: https://cran.r-project.org/package=Cairo
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: BioArchLinuxBot
Submitter: BioArchLinuxBot
FirstSubmitted: 1654465177
LastModified: 1702836320
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/r-cairo.tar.gz