sfcgal on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: March 12,2025

1. Install "sfcgal" 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 sfcgal on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall sfcgal on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1413596
Name: sfcgal
PackageBaseID: 74607
PackageBase: sfcgal
Version: 1.5.1-1
Description: Wrapper around the CGAL library that intents to implement 2D and 3D operations on OGC standards models
URL: https://gitlab.com/Oslandia/SFCGAL
NumVotes: 5
Popularity: 0.652007
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: kikislater
Submitter: albertid
FirstSubmitted: 1382343012
LastModified: 1708578298
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/sfcgal.tar.gz