gdmenu on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 23,2024

1. Install "gdmenu" 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 gdmenu on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall gdmenu on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 257390
Name: gdmenu
PackageBaseID: 84409
PackageBase: gdmenu
Version: 1:18-1
Description: GTK+ dmenu clone
URL: https://github.com/rliang/gdmenu
NumVotes: 6
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate: 1703776915
Maintainer: bidulock
Submitter: ASMik09
FirstSubmitted: 1407344102
LastModified: 1450384179
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/gdmenu.tar.gz