tachyon-opengl on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 23,2024

1. Install "tachyon-opengl" 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 tachyon-opengl on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                tachyon-opengl
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall tachyon-opengl on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                tachyon-opengl
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "tachyon-opengl" 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 tachyon-opengl's git locally


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


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

ID: 276450
Name: tachyon-opengl
PackageBaseID: 96314
PackageBase: tachyon-opengl
Version: 0.99b6-3
Description: Parallel ray tracer (used as part of Visual Molecular Dynamics), OpenGL-enabled
URL: http://jedi.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/raytracer/
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate: 1646657354
Maintainer:
Submitter: berquist
FirstSubmitted: 1437682053
LastModified: 1455744602
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/tachyon-opengl.tar.gz