bwping on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 27,2024

1. Install "bwping" 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 bwping on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall bwping on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "bwping" 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 bwping's git locally


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


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

ID: 1040557
Name: bwping
PackageBaseID: 92772
PackageBase: bwping
Version: 2.5-1
Description: Tool to measure bandwidth and RTT between two hosts using ICMP
URL: https://bwping.sourceforge.io/
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: adsun
Submitter: rpodgorny
FirstSubmitted: 1430741100
LastModified: 1645391472
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/bwping.tar.gz