zram-init on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 25,2024

1. Install "zram-init" 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 zram-init on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall zram-init on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "zram-init" 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 zram-init's git locally


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


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

ID: 1018453
Name: zram-init
PackageBaseID: 159128
PackageBase: zram-init
Version: 11.1-1
Description: Setup zram-based tmpfs and swap (compressed RAM devices)
URL: https://github.com/vaeth/zram-init
NumVotes: 4
Popularity: 0.007221
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Kr1ss
Submitter: Kr1ss
FirstSubmitted: 1603636522
LastModified: 1642116128
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/zram-init.tar.gz