compton-old-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 28,2024

1. Install "compton-old-git" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)

$ sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si

b. Install compton-old-git on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S compton-old-git

* (Optional) Uninstall compton-old-git on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns compton-old-git

2. Manually Install "compton-old-git" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:

$ sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

b. Clone compton-old-git's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/compton-old-git.git ~/compton-old-git

c. Go to ~/compton-old-git folder and install it

$ cd ~/compton-old-git $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the compton-old-git package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 918113
Name: compton-old-git
PackageBaseID: 166886
PackageBase: compton-old-git
Version: r437.1765c9d-1
Description: Old version of compton, before the picom fork, avoids some regressions
URL: https://github.com/chjj/compton
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0.00021
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: sandsmark
FirstSubmitted: 1620987407
LastModified: 1623077534
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/compton-old-git.tar.gz