dscreen-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 29,2024

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

$ yay -S dscreen-git

* (Optional) Uninstall dscreen-git on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns dscreen-git

2. Manually Install "dscreen-git" via AUR

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

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

b. Clone dscreen-git's git locally

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

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

$ cd ~/dscreen-git $ makepkg -si

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

ID: 345444
Name: dscreen-git
PackageBaseID: 116077
PackageBase: dscreen-git
Version: 0.1.1-2
Description: A DBus wrapper for xscreensaver
URL: https://github.com/fmorgner/dscreen.git
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer:
Submitter: fmorgner
FirstSubmitted: 1476025078
LastModified: 1476132887
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/dscreen-git.tar.gz