collectd on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "collectd" 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 collectd on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall collectd on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1387293
Name: collectd
PackageBaseID: 166548
PackageBase: collectd
Version: 5.12.0-14
Description: Daemon which collects system performance statistics periodically
URL: https://collectd.org/
NumVotes: 9
Popularity: 0.304967
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: lilydjwg
Submitter: arojas
FirstSubmitted: 1620464805
LastModified: 1705465232
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/collectd.tar.gz