electricsheep on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: June 06,2024

1. Install "electricsheep" 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 electricsheep on Arch using YAY


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


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


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


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

ID: 1203705
Name: electricsheep
PackageBaseID: 128415
PackageBase: electricsheep
Version: 3.0.2-12
Description: Screensaver that realize the collective dream of sleeping computers from all over the internet
URL: http://community.electricsheep.org/
NumVotes: 7
Popularity: 5.0E-6
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Rogach
Submitter: dvzrv
FirstSubmitted: 1514321967
LastModified: 1675053042
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/electricsheep.tar.gz