gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 28,2024

1. Install "gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons" 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 gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons" 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 gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons.git 
            
                        
                ~/gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 978630
Name: gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons
PackageBaseID: 131145
PackageBase: gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons
Version: 20.10.0-1
Description: Add icons to the desktop
URL: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1465/desktop-icons/
NumVotes: 14
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: grufo
Submitter: grufo
FirstSubmitted: 1522156570
LastModified: 1635090034
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons.tar.gz