timelimit on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 17,2025

1. Install "timelimit" 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 timelimit on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall timelimit on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "timelimit" 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 timelimit's git locally


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


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

ID: 555133
Name: timelimit
PackageBaseID: 124319
PackageBase: timelimit
Version: 1.9.0-1
Description: Limit a process's absolute execution time
URL: https://devel.ringlet.net/sysutils/timelimit/
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: franciscoj
Submitter: franciscoj
FirstSubmitted: 1501061012
LastModified: 1540634879
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/timelimit.tar.gz