glfwm on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 10,2025

1. Install "glfwm" 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 glfwm on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall glfwm on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1319319
Name: glfwm
PackageBaseID: 197603
PackageBase: glfwm
Version: 3.3-1
Description: GLFW Manager - C++ wrapper with multi-threading
URL: https://github.com/giorgiomarcias/glfwm
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0.024602
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: darkgeem
Submitter: darkgeem
FirstSubmitted: 1694785374
LastModified: 1694786133
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/glfwm.tar.gz