promtail-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 25,2024

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


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


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


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


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

ID: 1425748
Name: promtail-git
PackageBaseID: 197833
PackageBase: promtail-git
Version: 2.9.5-0
Description: Promtail - Logshipper for Loki
URL: https://github.com/grafana/loki
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: thorko
Submitter: thorko
FirstSubmitted: 1695397012
LastModified: 1710241230
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/promtail-git.tar.gz