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

Last updated: May 19,2024

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

$ yay -S gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng

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

$ yay -Rns gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng

2. Manually Install "gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng" via AUR

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

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

b. Clone gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng.git ~/gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng

c. Go to ~/gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng folder and install it

$ cd ~/gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1065210
Name: gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng
PackageBaseID: 156793
PackageBase: gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng
Version: 43-1
Description: A fork from the official desktop icons project, with several enhancements like Drag'n'Drop.
URL: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/2087/desktop-icons-ng-ding/
NumVotes: 12
Popularity: 0.3592
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: hayao
FirstSubmitted: 1597627990
LastModified: 1649688077
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng.tar.gz