gnome-shell-extension-forge on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: July 02,2024

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

$ yay -S gnome-shell-extension-forge

* (Optional) Uninstall gnome-shell-extension-forge on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns gnome-shell-extension-forge

2. Manually Install "gnome-shell-extension-forge" 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-forge's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/gnome-shell-extension-forge.git ~/gnome-shell-extension-forge

c. Go to ~/gnome-shell-extension-forge folder and install it

$ cd ~/gnome-shell-extension-forge $ makepkg -si

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

ID: 1389484
Name: gnome-shell-extension-forge
PackageBaseID: 176321
PackageBase: gnome-shell-extension-forge
Version: 75-1
Description: Tiling and Window Manager for Gnome-Shell
URL: https://github.com/forge-ext/forge
NumVotes: 3
Popularity: 0.043529
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: yochananmarqos
Submitter: Radeox
FirstSubmitted: 1645654573
LastModified: 1705789641
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/gnome-shell-extension-forge.tar.gz

5. The same packages on other Linux Distributions