mininet on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "mininet" 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 mininet on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall mininet on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1356622
Name: mininet
PackageBaseID: 87225
PackageBase: mininet
Version: 2.3.0-2
Description: Emulator for rapid prototyping of Software Defined Networks
URL: https://github.com/mininet/mininet
NumVotes: 15
Popularity: 4.0E-5
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: kyechou
Submitter: pedromj
FirstSubmitted: 1415381931
LastModified: 1700537842
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/mininet.tar.gz