s6 on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 07,2024

1. Install "s6" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

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

$ sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si

b. Install s6 on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S s6

* (Optional) Uninstall s6 on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns s6

2. Manually Install "s6" via AUR

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

$ sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

b. Clone s6's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/s6.git ~/s6

c. Go to ~/s6 folder and install it

$ cd ~/s6 $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the s6 package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1378127
Name: s6
PackageBaseID: 77988
PackageBase: s6
Version: 2.12.0.3-1
Description: A small suite of programs for UNIX, designed to allow process supervision
URL: http://skarnet.org/software/s6
NumVotes: 7
Popularity: 3.0E-6
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: meanjollies
Submitter: codekoala
FirstSubmitted: 1390118935
LastModified: 1704040676
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/s6.tar.gz