octant on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: March 11,2025

1. Install "octant" 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 octant on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall octant on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 802265
Name: octant
PackageBaseID: 144155
PackageBase: octant
Version: 0.16.1-1
Description: A tool for developers to understand how applications run on a Kubernetes cluster
URL: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/octant
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate: 1616145077
Maintainer:
Submitter: dbirks
FirstSubmitted: 1565235381
LastModified: 1602180736
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/octant.tar.gz