tigervnc-viewer on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "tigervnc-viewer" 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 tigervnc-viewer on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                tigervnc-viewer
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall tigervnc-viewer on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                tigervnc-viewer
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "tigervnc-viewer" 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 tigervnc-viewer's git locally


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


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

ID: 342975
Name: tigervnc-viewer
PackageBaseID: 82191
PackageBase: tigervnc-viewer
Version: 1.7.0-1
Description: TigerVNC (Viewer only), forked from the VNC 4 branch of TightVNC.
URL: http://www.tigervnc.org
NumVotes: 7
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate: 1637139698
Maintainer: stevenhoneyman
Submitter: stevenhoneyman
FirstSubmitted: 1401101594
LastModified: 1475328993
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/tigervnc-viewer.tar.gz