r-entropy on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 28,2025

1. Install "r-entropy" 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
            
                    
    
    Copied

b. Install r-entropy on Arch using YAY

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

2. Manually Install "r-entropy" via AUR

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


    
        
            $
        

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

b. Clone r-entropy's git locally


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/r-entropy.git 
            
                        
                ~/r-entropy
            
                    
    
    Copied

c. Go to ~/r-entropy folder and install it


   
    
        
            $
        

        
            
                cd
            
                        
                ~/r-entropy
            
                    
    
    Copied

    

   
    
        
            $
        

        
            
                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
    Copied

3. Information about the r-entropy package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1374573
Name: r-entropy
PackageBaseID: 180352
PackageBase: r-entropy
Version: 1.3.1-9
Description: Estimation of Entropy, Mutual Information and Related Quantities
URL: https://cran.r-project.org/package=entropy
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: BioArchLinuxBot
Submitter: BioArchLinuxBot
FirstSubmitted: 1654477525
LastModified: 1703354558
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/r-entropy.tar.gz