Help building software from source

[neskind]

The Arch wiki is confusing on this. How do i build software from a .tar.gz file? I’m not stupid honest just used to pop os. Thanks

[SGS]

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[Bro]

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Arch_User_Repository

First, we research.

Generally…

• Downlod a Snapshot
• Unarchive the PKGBUILD
• Run ‘makepkg -si’ in a terminal where you extracted the PKGBUILD

That’s the right way a/k/a “the Arch way” but you are going to learn a few of the wrong ways, probably right here.