vmtouch on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 17,2025

1. Install "vmtouch" 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 vmtouch on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall vmtouch on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 581487
Name: vmtouch
PackageBaseID: 61133
PackageBase: vmtouch
Version: 1.3.1-1
Description: Portable file system cache diagnostics and control
URL: https://github.com/hoytech/vmtouch
NumVotes: 40
Popularity: 0.760042
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: weltall
Submitter: shomodj
FirstSubmitted: 1343035939
LastModified: 1548870101
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/vmtouch.tar.gz