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Freecad in manjaro repository is quite old. Build from 2021/04/15. Do you know how to install newer version without manual build? I see that there is a new version in arch repo https://archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/freecad/ can i use it?

skoczo
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Two ways to do it:

This last option can be done quite easily by doing:

# Clone the PKGBUILD
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/freecad.git

# Compile and install the package
cd freecad && makepkg -si

In any case, before installing a package from AUR here are some recommendations:

  • Read the corresponding Arch Linux documentation
  • Check the number of votes
  • Never install a package without having read the PKGBUILD file

But in the case of freecad, it is a package from the community repository which is an official Arch Linux repo. So no need to worry.

community contains packages that have been adopted by Trusted Users from the Arch User Repository. Some of these packages may eventually make the transition to the core or extra repositories as the developers consider them crucial to the distribution.

Maxime Durand
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Yes, if you have an AUR helper installed you can directly install the package from AUR, else you will have to download the tar file manually.

Beware though because the Manjaro Team doesn't provide support for issues that arise relating to software installations from the AUR

Rachit Kumar Pandey
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