usbtop on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "usbtop" 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 usbtop on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall usbtop on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 589668
Name: usbtop
PackageBaseID: 118981
PackageBase: usbtop
Version: 1.0-1
Description: top-like utility that shows an estimated instantaneous bandwidth on USB buses and devices
URL: https://github.com/aguinet/usbtop
NumVotes: 10
Popularity: 0.01652
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: lonaowna
Submitter: lonaowna
FirstSubmitted: 1485020624
LastModified: 1551207669
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/usbtop.tar.gz