stress-ng on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "stress-ng" 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 stress-ng on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall stress-ng on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "stress-ng" 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 stress-ng's git locally


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


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

ID: 1421783
Name: stress-ng
PackageBaseID: 84539
PackageBase: stress-ng
Version: 0.17.06-1
Description: Software to stress test a computer system in various selectable ways
URL: https://github.com/ColinIanKing/stress-ng
NumVotes: 33
Popularity: 0.988803
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: iyanmv
Submitter: sergej
FirstSubmitted: 1407838914
LastModified: 1709726085
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/stress-ng.tar.gz