overlayroot on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 24,2025

1. Install "overlayroot" 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 overlayroot on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                overlayroot
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall overlayroot on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                overlayroot
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "overlayroot" 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 overlayroot's git locally


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


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

ID: 1190865
Name: overlayroot
PackageBaseID: 189160
PackageBase: overlayroot
Version: 1.0.1-1
Description: Overlay the root filesystem with a tmpfs filesystem.
URL: https://github.com/hilderingt/archlinux-overlayroot
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: idlmn
Submitter: idlmn
FirstSubmitted: 1672509645
LastModified: 1672673824
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/overlayroot.tar.gz