bing on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "bing" 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 bing on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S bing

* (Optional) Uninstall bing on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns bing

2. Manually Install "bing" via AUR

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

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

b. Clone bing's git locally

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

c. Go to ~/bing folder and install it

$ cd ~/bing $ makepkg -si

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

ID: 673638
Name: bing
PackageBaseID: 28289
PackageBase: bing
Version: 1.3.5-1
Description: Measure the bandwidth between two hosts using the ICMP protocol without the need of a client/server architecture
URL: http://fgouget.free.fr/bing/index-en.shtml
NumVotes: 8
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: mxr
Submitter: mxr
FirstSubmitted: 1247592404
LastModified: 1575565615
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/bing.tar.gz