deskent-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 25,2024

1. Install "deskent-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 deskent-git on Arch using YAY


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


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


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


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

ID: 976092
Name: deskent-git
PackageBaseID: 172099
PackageBase: deskent-git
Version: r16.1bc8eac-1
Description: Find and inspect .desktop files
URL: https://github.com/takluyver/deskent
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: theguy147
Submitter: theguy147
FirstSubmitted: 1634409798
LastModified: 1634552619
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/deskent-git.tar.gz