soltrack on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "soltrack" 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 soltrack on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall soltrack on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 445907
Name: soltrack
PackageBaseID: 121562
PackageBase: soltrack
Version: 2.2-2
Description: A free, fast and accurate C/C++ routine to compute the position of the Sun
URL: http://soltrack.sourceforge.net/
NumVotes: 2
Popularity: 0.00251
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: AstroFloyd
Submitter: AstroFloyd
FirstSubmitted: 1492366083
LastModified: 1506180445
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/soltrack.tar.gz