saxon6 on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: March 10,2025

1. Install "saxon6" 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 saxon6 on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall saxon6 on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "saxon6" 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 saxon6's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/saxon6.git 
            
                        
                ~/saxon6
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/saxon6 folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/saxon6
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the saxon6 package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 896350
Name: saxon6
PackageBaseID: 68894
PackageBase: saxon6
Version: 6.5.5-1
Description: XSLT 1.0 / XPath 1.0 processor for Java
URL: http://saxon.sourceforge.net/
NumVotes: 2
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: MRWITEK
Submitter: MRWITEK
FirstSubmitted: 1365342357
LastModified: 1619095886
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/saxon6.tar.gz