ifstat on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "ifstat" 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 ifstat on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall ifstat on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 506831
Name: ifstat
PackageBaseID: 131973
PackageBase: ifstat
Version: 1.1-1
Description: A tool to report network interfaces bandwith just like vmstat/iostat do for other system counters
URL: http://gael.roualland.free.fr/ifstat/
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: njones
Submitter: njones
FirstSubmitted: 1525100735
LastModified: 1525100925
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/ifstat.tar.gz