activate-linux on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 26,2024

1. Install "activate-linux" 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 activate-linux on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                activate-linux
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall activate-linux on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                activate-linux
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "activate-linux" 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 activate-linux's git locally


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


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

ID: 1357112
Name: activate-linux
PackageBaseID: 179194
PackageBase: activate-linux
Version: 1.1.0-2
Description: The "Activate Windows" watermark ported to Linux with Xlib and cairo in C
URL: https://github.com/MrGlockenspiel/activate-linux
NumVotes: 2
Popularity: 0.773746
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: knedl1k
Submitter: polix_minus
FirstSubmitted: 1653658844
LastModified: 1700609162
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/activate-linux.tar.gz