cinnamon-desktop-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 04,2025

1. Install "cinnamon-desktop-git" 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 cinnamon-desktop-git on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                cinnamon-desktop-git
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall cinnamon-desktop-git on Arch using YAY


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


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


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

ID: 725699
Name: cinnamon-desktop-git
PackageBaseID: 72876
PackageBase: cinnamon-desktop-git
Version: 4.4.1.r7.gf2c6cb7-1
Description: Library with common API for various Cinnamon modules
URL: https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon-desktop
NumVotes: 8
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: eschwartz
Submitter: twa022
FirstSubmitted: 1377452984
LastModified: 1587749664
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/cinnamon-desktop-git.tar.gz