sxiv-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 26,2024

1. Install "sxiv-git" 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 sxiv-git on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall sxiv-git on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "sxiv-git" 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 sxiv-git's git locally


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


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

ID: 328482
Name: sxiv-git
PackageBaseID: 45692
PackageBase: sxiv-git
Version: 2016.08.08-1
Description: Simple (or small or suckless) X Image Viewer
URL: https://github.com/muennich/sxiv
NumVotes: 36
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: jasonwryan
Submitter:
FirstSubmitted: 1295790931
LastModified: 1470813404
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/sxiv-git.tar.gz