whitebox on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 23,2024

1. Install "whitebox" 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 whitebox on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall whitebox on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 477735
Name: whitebox
PackageBaseID: 309
PackageBase: whitebox
Version: 3.4.0-1
Description: A Geographic information system (GIS) and remote sensing package intended for advanced geospatial analysis and data visualization.
URL: http://www.uoguelph.ca/~hydrogeo/Whitebox/index.html
NumVotes: 7
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer:
Submitter:
FirstSubmitted: 1263829861
LastModified: 1515873567
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/whitebox.tar.gz