r-spam on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 11,2025

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

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

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


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


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

ID: 1338827
Name: r-spam
PackageBaseID: 145460
PackageBase: r-spam
Version: 2.10.0-1
Description: SPArse Matrix
URL: https://cran.r-project.org/package=spam
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: BioArchLinuxBot
Submitter: dviktor
FirstSubmitted: 1569858664
LastModified: 1698084115
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/r-spam.tar.gz