xrestop on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "xrestop" 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 xrestop on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall xrestop on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1405468
Name: xrestop
PackageBaseID: 128685
PackageBase: xrestop
Version: 0.6-2
Description: Uses the X-Resource extension to provide 'top' like statistics
URL: http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/xrestop
NumVotes: 8
Popularity: 0.066763
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: micwoj92
Submitter: Barthalion
FirstSubmitted: 1515170729
LastModified: 1707298908
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/xrestop.tar.gz