gnome-desktop2 on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 13,2024

1. Install "gnome-desktop2" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)

$ sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si

b. Install gnome-desktop2 on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S gnome-desktop2

* (Optional) Uninstall gnome-desktop2 on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns gnome-desktop2

2. Manually Install "gnome-desktop2" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:

$ sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

b. Clone gnome-desktop2's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/gnome-desktop2.git ~/gnome-desktop2

c. Go to ~/gnome-desktop2 folder and install it

$ cd ~/gnome-desktop2 $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the gnome-desktop2 package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1056098
Name: gnome-desktop2
PackageBaseID: 124208
PackageBase: gnome-desktop2
Version: 2.32.1-2
Description: Library with common API for various GNOME modules (legacy version)
URL: http://www.gnome.org
NumVotes: 3
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate: 1704750572
Maintainer: bidulock
Submitter: twa022
FirstSubmitted: 1500661231
LastModified: 1648127463
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/gnome-desktop2.tar.gz

5. The same packages on other Linux Distributions