backdrop-randomizer on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 02,2025

1. Install "backdrop-randomizer" 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 backdrop-randomizer on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                backdrop-randomizer
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall backdrop-randomizer on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                backdrop-randomizer
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "backdrop-randomizer" 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 backdrop-randomizer's git locally


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


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

ID: 1076196
Name: backdrop-randomizer
PackageBaseID: 64519
PackageBase: backdrop-randomizer
Version: 2.36-1
Description: Randomly cycles through wallpapers without repeating them until all have been displayed once
URL: https://github.com/graysky2/backdrop-randomizer
NumVotes: 6
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: graysky
Submitter: graysky
FirstSubmitted: 1352678273
LastModified: 1651774268
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/backdrop-randomizer.tar.gz