glasswm on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 23,2024

1. Install "glasswm" 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 glasswm on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall glasswm on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 256307
Name: glasswm
PackageBaseID: 89225
PackageBase: glasswm
Version: 0.9.0-2
Description: Small windowmanager forked from aewm++
URL: https://github.com/RiJo/glass
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: bidulock
Submitter: bidulock
FirstSubmitted: 1420682683
LastModified: 1450140661
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/glasswm.tar.gz