libpfm4 on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 24,2024

1. Install "libpfm4" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)

$ sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si

b. Install libpfm4 on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S libpfm4

* (Optional) Uninstall libpfm4 on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns libpfm4

2. Manually Install "libpfm4" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:

$ sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

b. Clone libpfm4's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/libpfm4.git ~/libpfm4

c. Go to ~/libpfm4 folder and install it

$ cd ~/libpfm4 $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the libpfm4 package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 818727
Name: libpfm4
PackageBaseID: 53716
PackageBase: libpfm4
Version: 4.10.1-1
Description: Library to encode performance events for use by perf tool
URL: http://perfmon2.sourceforge.net/
NumVotes: 6
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate: 1605352281
Maintainer: bcb
FirstSubmitted: 1320399393
LastModified: 1605352237
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/libpfm4.tar.gz