zpaq on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "zpaq" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)

$ sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si

b. Install zpaq on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S zpaq

* (Optional) Uninstall zpaq on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns zpaq

2. Manually Install "zpaq" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:

$ sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

b. Clone zpaq's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/zpaq.git ~/zpaq

c. Go to ~/zpaq folder and install it

$ cd ~/zpaq $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the zpaq package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1314503
Name: zpaq
PackageBaseID: 97685
PackageBase: zpaq
Version: 7.15-2
Description: Programmable file compressor, library and utilities. Based on the PAQ compression algorithm
URL: http://mattmahoney.net/dc/zpaq.html
NumVotes: 58
Popularity: 1.025268
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Ereski
Submitter: Ereski
FirstSubmitted: 1439651275
LastModified: 1693937860
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/zpaq.tar.gz