rzip on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "rzip" 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 rzip on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall rzip on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1026005
Name: rzip
PackageBaseID: 172992
PackageBase: rzip
Version: 2.1-2
Description: rzip is a compression program, similar in functionality to gzip or bzip2, but able to take advantage long distance redundencies in files, which can sometimes allow rzip to produce much better compression ratios than other programs.
URL: https://rzip.samba.org/
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: nathanielc
Submitter: nathanielc
FirstSubmitted: 1636674509
LastModified: 1643227395
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/rzip.tar.gz