cagebreak on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 25,2024

1. Install "cagebreak" 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 cagebreak on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall cagebreak on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1393516
Name: cagebreak
PackageBaseID: 153849
PackageBase: cagebreak
Version: 2.3.1-1
Description: Tiling wayland compositor based on cage inspired by ratpoison
URL: https://github.com/project-repo/cagebreak
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0.043484
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: project-repo
Submitter: project-repo
FirstSubmitted: 1591018381
LastModified: 1706376147
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/cagebreak.tar.gz