blackboxwm on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 23,2025

1. Install "blackboxwm" 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 blackboxwm on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall blackboxwm on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "blackboxwm" 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 blackboxwm's git locally


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


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

ID: 905755
Name: blackboxwm
PackageBaseID: 85205
PackageBase: blackboxwm
Version: 0.77-1
Description: A window manager for X11 (maintained fork of blackbox)
URL: http://github.com/bbidulock/blackboxwm
NumVotes: 2
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: bidulock
Submitter: bidulock
FirstSubmitted: 1409495195
LastModified: 1620800366
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/blackboxwm.tar.gz