cpulimit on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "cpulimit" 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 cpulimit on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall cpulimit on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1234771
Name: cpulimit
PackageBaseID: 192136
PackageBase: cpulimit
Version: 1:0.2-3
Description: Limit cpu usage of a process in percentage. Actually sends SIGSTOP/SIGCONT POSIX signals to processes
URL: https://github.com/opsengine/cpulimit
NumVotes: 9
Popularity: 0.647168
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: tarball
Submitter: arojas
FirstSubmitted: 1680302762
LastModified: 1680302762
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/cpulimit.tar.gz