shp2text on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: September 21,2024

1. Install "shp2text" 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 shp2text on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall shp2text on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "shp2text" 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 shp2text's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/shp2text.git 
            
                        
                ~/shp2text
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/shp2text folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/shp2text
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the shp2text package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 228241
Name: shp2text
PackageBaseID: 99379
PackageBase: shp2text
Version: 1.7-1
Description: This utility dumps shapefiles and associated data into various formats
URL: http://legacy.obviously.com/gis/shp2text/
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: severach
Submitter: severach
FirstSubmitted: 1441448863
LastModified: 1441449046
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/shp2text.tar.gz