zlib-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 26,2024

1. Install "zlib-git" 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 zlib-git on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall zlib-git on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "zlib-git" 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 zlib-git's git locally


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


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

ID: 1280343
Name: zlib-git
PackageBaseID: 124902
PackageBase: zlib-git
Version: 1.2.13.r20.g48c3741-2
Description: A massively spiffy yet delicately unobtrusive compression library (git develop branch)
URL: https://www.zlib.net/
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Chocobo1
Submitter: Chocobo1
FirstSubmitted: 1503068835
LastModified: 1688034121
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/zlib-git.tar.gz