limitcpu on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 01,2024

1. Install "limitcpu" 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 limitcpu on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall limitcpu on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1266539
Name: limitcpu
PackageBaseID: 99908
PackageBase: limitcpu
Version: 3.0-1
Description: A simple cpulimit program that attempts to limit the CPU usage of a process, expressed in percentage.
URL: https://sourceforge.net/projects/limitcpu/
NumVotes: 2
Popularity: 0.867272
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: severach
Submitter: severach
FirstSubmitted: 1442139413
LastModified: 1685666051
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/limitcpu.tar.gz