cwm on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "cwm" 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 cwm on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S cwm

* (Optional) Uninstall cwm on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns cwm

2. Manually Install "cwm" via AUR

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

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

b. Clone cwm's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/cwm.git ~/cwm

c. Go to ~/cwm folder and install it

$ cd ~/cwm $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the cwm package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1343642
Name: cwm
PackageBaseID: 13644
PackageBase: cwm
Version: 7.4-3
Description: Fork of calmwm, a clean and lightweight window manager
URL: https://github.com/leahneukirchen/cwm
NumVotes: 29
Popularity: 0.468767
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: libele
Submitter:
FirstSubmitted: 1194307538
LastModified: 1698518970
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/cwm.tar.gz