limitcpu on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 25,2024

1. Install "limitcpu" 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 limitcpu on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S limitcpu

* (Optional) Uninstall limitcpu on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns limitcpu

2. Manually Install "limitcpu" via AUR

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

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

b. Clone limitcpu's git locally

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

c. Go to ~/limitcpu folder and install it

$ cd ~/limitcpu $ makepkg -si

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