betterlockscreen on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 25,2024

1. Install "betterlockscreen" 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 betterlockscreen on Arch using YAY


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


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


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


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

ID: 1312709
Name: betterlockscreen
PackageBaseID: 128624
PackageBase: betterlockscreen
Version: 4.2.0-1
Description: A simple, minimal lockscreen
URL: https://github.com/betterlockscreen/betterlockscreen
NumVotes: 64
Popularity: 0.160339
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: dctxmei
Submitter: AUTplayed
FirstSubmitted: 1515069552
LastModified: 1693661845
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/betterlockscreen.tar.gz