promtail-bin on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 14,2024

1. Install "promtail-bin" 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 promtail-bin on Arch using YAY


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


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


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


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

ID: 1319207
Name: promtail-bin
PackageBaseID: 192548
PackageBase: promtail-bin
Version: 2.9.1-0
Description: Loki: like Prometheus, but for logs.
URL: https://github.com/grafana/loki
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate: 1704906776
Maintainer: thorko
Submitter: thorko
FirstSubmitted: 1681215947
LastModified: 1694761478
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/promtail-bin.tar.gz