After you installed `ccache`, it won't be enabled by default. First, you need to determine who is allowed to use `ccache`. You have to add each user to the `ccache` group. If you want to allow using `ccache` from chrooted builds, then you need to add the `fst` user: ---- # usermod -a -G ccache fst ---- Second, you need to somehow let the build system to use `ccache`, and not the compiler directly. If you use `makepkg`, this is enabled by default (you can disable it with the `-B` option). If you build manually, then you are on your own, though usually there are two ways to do so: - Tell the configure script to use a different compiler: -------------------------------- $ CC=/usr/bin/ccache ./configure -------------------------------- - Modify path to use the fake compiler provided by `ccache`: ------------------------------------- export PATH=/usr/lib/ccache/bin:$PATH -------------------------------------