fvwm on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "fvwm" 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 fvwm on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall fvwm on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1387557
Name: fvwm
PackageBaseID: 166528
PackageBase: fvwm
Version: 2.7.0-2
Description: Fvwm2 - a virtual window manager. Only gets serious bugfixes. New version is Fvwm3.
URL: http://www.fvwm.org
NumVotes: 11
Popularity: 0.004833
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: elod
Submitter: arojas
FirstSubmitted: 1620463374
LastModified: 1705498315
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/fvwm.tar.gz