awesome-freedesktop-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 12,2025

1. Install "awesome-freedesktop-git" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)

$ sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si

b. Install awesome-freedesktop-git on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S awesome-freedesktop-git

* (Optional) Uninstall awesome-freedesktop-git on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns awesome-freedesktop-git

2. Manually Install "awesome-freedesktop-git" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:

$ sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

b. Clone awesome-freedesktop-git's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/awesome-freedesktop-git.git ~/awesome-freedesktop-git

c. Go to ~/awesome-freedesktop-git folder and install it

$ cd ~/awesome-freedesktop-git $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the awesome-freedesktop-git package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1056758
Name: awesome-freedesktop-git
PackageBaseID: 116798
PackageBase: awesome-freedesktop-git
Version: 1:r117.ac9de0e-1
Description: Freedesktop.org compliant desktop entries and menu for Awesome WM
URL: https://github.com/lcpz/awesome-freedesktop
NumVotes: 12
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: lcpz
Submitter: lcpz
FirstSubmitted: 1478432120
LastModified: 1648236631
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/awesome-freedesktop-git.tar.gz