Paru is the newest and hottest AUR Helper. From one of the developers of yay and written is Rust this project has gained a lot of traction in the Arch commuinty. This guide will walk you through the steps for installing this AUR Helper which lets you install packages from the AUR (Arch User Repository) in the same way you install packages from the Arch repos with pacman.
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View All TagsInstall tmux on Arch Linux
Tmux is a terminal multiplexer. This lets you to run multiple terminal sessions simultaniously. It gives you multitasking capabilities for your terminal and more importantly, this enables you to complete system updates even after a broken SSH connection since terminal sessions can be resumed.
Get started with Docker
I just tried out Docker for a small project and now I get all the hype around it. While searching for good guides I stumbled upon this excellent tutorial by Prakhar Srivastav: A Docker Tutorial for Beginners. If you want a deeper understanding of Docker and how it works, and not only how to spin up a container and leave it running, I highly recommend reading it. He also go through the basics of writing your own Docker image which helped me a lot.
Install Reflector on Arch Linux
Reflector is a small Python3 script that sort through the Arch Linux mirrors based on parameters of your choice and updates your mirrorlist.
Install Phoronix Test Suite on Arch Linux
This guide will walk through the steps for installing the Phoronix Test Suite on Arch Linux. The software will be installed from the Arch User Repository (AUR) with the help of the AUR Helperyay. If you don't have an AUR Helper you should definately install one. I have a guide for two of them: Install yay on Arch Linux & Install paru on Arch Linux.
Install yay on Arch Linux
This guide will walk through the steps for installing yay (Yet another Yogurt) which is an AUR Helper. This will let you install packages from the AUR (Arch User Repository) in the same way you install packages from the Arch Repo with pacman.
Update 2021-05-21: There is a new AUR Helper that has got a lot of traction. It's called paru and works mostly the same but is written in Rust! I have a guide for installing it as well.
Install Ghost with NGINX on Arch Linux
Complete guide on how to install Ghost and using NGINX as a reverse proxy to make the site accessible on the internet over HTTP/2.
Install WireGuard [Server] on Arch Linux
This is a very basic tutorial on how to install WireGuard on Arch Linux to use it as a VPN server. For example if you want to access your home LAN from remote locations.
Install NGINX on Arch Linux
Fast and easy tutorial for installing a NGINX web server with HTTP/2 and TLS certificates from Let's Encrypt on Arch Linux.
Install Transmission on Arch Linux
This guide show you how to install Transmission on Arch Linux and configure it with a kill switch so that Transmission will only download and upload using a specific IP address. For example a WireGuard VPN. The guide is based on the tutorial over at the Transmission Wiki on GitHub. Documentation for the config file can be found over at the GitHub Wiki page as well.