e4rat on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: June 29,2024

1. Install "e4rat" 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 e4rat on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall e4rat on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "e4rat" 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 e4rat's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/e4rat.git 
            
                        
                ~/e4rat
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/e4rat folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/e4rat
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the e4rat package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1120011
Name: e4rat
PackageBaseID: 69916
PackageBase: e4rat
Version: 0.2.3-5
Description: Toolset to accelerate the boot process and application startups for systems with ext4 root partitions.
URL: http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
NumVotes: 40
Popularity: 1.3E-5
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: muhviehstarr
Submitter: swiftgeek
FirstSubmitted: 1368468059
LastModified: 1659311166
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/e4rat.tar.gz