xyscan on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 29,2024

1. Install "xyscan" 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 xyscan on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall xyscan on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1223012
Name: xyscan
PackageBaseID: 33591
PackageBase: xyscan
Version: 4.6.4-1
Description: Tool to extract data points from graphical plots
URL: http://rhig.physics.yale.edu/~ullrich/software/xyscan/
NumVotes: 5
Popularity: 0.000454
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: bunder
Submitter: bunder
FirstSubmitted: 1263565664
LastModified: 1678261754
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/xyscan.tar.gz