containers on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 09,2024

1. Install "containers" 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 containers on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall containers on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 535666
Name: containers
PackageBaseID: 135126
PackageBase: containers
Version: 1.6-1
Description: Lightweight containers using Linux user namespaces
URL: https://github.com/arachsys/containers
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Arch-TK
Submitter: Arch-TK
FirstSubmitted: 1534445307
LastModified: 1534445496
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/containers.tar.gz