proot on AUR( Arch User Repository.)

Last updated: October 03,2023

1. Install proot via UAR with a Helper - YAY

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


         pacman -S --needed git base-devel 

         git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git 

         cd yay 

         makepkg -si

b. Install proot on Arch using YAY


         yay -S proot

c. Remove proot on Arch using YAY


         yay -Rns proot

2. Install proot via UAR manually

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


         sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

b. Clone proot's git locally


         git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/proot.git ~/proot

c. Go to ~/proot folder and install it


      cd ~/proot 

      makepkg -si

3. Details of proot package

ID: 617305 
Name: proot 
PackageBaseID: 58655 
PackageBase: proot 
Version: 5.1.0-3 
Description: chroot, mount --bind, and binfmt_misc without privilege/setup 
URL: https://proot-me.github.io/ 
NumVotes: 53 
Popularity: 0.007154 
OutOfDate: 1642913498 
Maintainer: navigaid 
FirstSubmitted: 1334945053 
LastModified: 1559288835 
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/proot.tar.gz 