emerald on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "emerald" 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 emerald on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall emerald on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 727913
Name: emerald
PackageBaseID: 97511
PackageBase: emerald
Version: 0.8.18-1
Description: Emerald window decorator
URL: https://gitlab.com/compiz/emerald/
NumVotes: 37
Popularity: 6.2E-5
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: ShadowKyogre
Submitter: ShadowKyogre
FirstSubmitted: 1439488138
LastModified: 1588089980
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/emerald.tar.gz