dwl on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 16,2024

1. Install "dwl" 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 dwl on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall dwl on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "dwl" 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 dwl's git locally


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


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

ID: 1242523
Name: dwl
PackageBaseID: 161252
PackageBase: dwl
Version: 0.4-2
Description: Simple, hackable dynamic tiling Wayland compositor (dwm for Wayland)
URL: https://github.com/djpohly/dwl
NumVotes: 6
Popularity: 0.918027
OutOfDate: 1706015960
Maintainer: djpohly
Submitter: djpohly
FirstSubmitted: 1608885085
LastModified: 1681681893
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/dwl.tar.gz