sofa on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: June 02,2024

1. Install "sofa" 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 sofa on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall sofa on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1333884
Name: sofa
PackageBaseID: 69243
PackageBase: sofa
Version: 20231011-1
Description: Set of algorithms and procedures used in fundamental astronomy
URL: http://www.iausofa.org
NumVotes: 6
Popularity: 0.002181
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: mboquien
Submitter: mboquien
FirstSubmitted: 1366455415
LastModified: 1697287905
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/sofa.tar.gz