facebook-desktop-app on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: June 29,2024

1. Install "facebook-desktop-app" 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 facebook-desktop-app on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                facebook-desktop-app
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall facebook-desktop-app on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                facebook-desktop-app
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "facebook-desktop-app" 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 facebook-desktop-app's git locally


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


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

ID: 821116
Name: facebook-desktop-app
PackageBaseID: 159606
PackageBase: facebook-desktop-app
Version: 1.0-3
Description: Facebook Desktop built with nativefier (electron)
URL: https://www.facebook.com
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: NobodyDBG
Submitter: NobodyDBG
FirstSubmitted: 1604834482
LastModified: 1605816894
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/facebook-desktop-app.tar.gz