xen on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 23,2024

1. Install "xen" 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 xen on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S xen

* (Optional) Uninstall xen on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns xen

2. Manually Install "xen" via AUR

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

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

b. Clone xen's git locally

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

c. Go to ~/xen folder and install it

$ cd ~/xen $ makepkg -si

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

ID: 1388942
Name: xen
PackageBaseID: 14640
PackageBase: xen
Version: 4.18.1pre-1
Description: Open-source type-1 or baremetal hypervisor
URL: https://xenproject.org/
NumVotes: 186
Popularity: 0.94303
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Refutationalist
Submitter: sergej
FirstSubmitted: 1257765768
LastModified: 1705705209
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/xen.tar.gz