xgboost on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 17,2025

1. Install "xgboost" 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 xgboost on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall xgboost on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1350934
Name: xgboost
PackageBaseID: 190599
PackageBase: xgboost
Version: 2.0.2-1
Description: An optimized distributed gradient boosting library
URL: https://github.com/dmlc/xgboost
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0.004444
OutOfDate:
Maintainer:
Submitter: AchmadFathoni
FirstSubmitted: 1676891891
LastModified: 1699634877
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/xgboost.tar.gz