iamroot on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 24,2024

1. Install "iamroot" 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 iamroot on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall iamroot on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1421437
Name: iamroot
PackageBaseID: 174895
PackageBase: iamroot
Version: 19-1
Description: Emulating the syscall chroot(2) in an unpriviliged process
URL: https://github.com/gportay/iamroot
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: gportay
Submitter: gportay
FirstSubmitted: 1641829833
LastModified: 1709678905
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/iamroot.tar.gz