gnome-shell-extension-gtk4-desktop-icons-ng on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "gnome-shell-extension-gtk4-desktop-icons-ng" 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-gtk4-desktop-icons-ng on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                gnome-shell-extension-gtk4-desktop-icons-ng
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall gnome-shell-extension-gtk4-desktop-icons-ng on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
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2. Manually Install "gnome-shell-extension-gtk4-desktop-icons-ng" 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-gtk4-desktop-icons-ng's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/gnome-shell-extension-gtk4-desktop-icons-ng.git 
            
                        
                ~/gnome-shell-extension-gtk4-desktop-icons-ng
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/gnome-shell-extension-gtk4-desktop-icons-ng folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/gnome-shell-extension-gtk4-desktop-icons-ng
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gnome-shell-extension-gtk4-desktop-icons-ng package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1396769
Name: gnome-shell-extension-gtk4-desktop-icons-ng
PackageBaseID: 185682
PackageBase: gnome-shell-extension-gtk4-desktop-icons-ng
Version: 71-1
Description: A Gtk4 fork from the official desktop icons project, with several enhancements, better multimonitor support, GSConnect integration for gnome shell 45.
URL: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/5263/gtk4-desktop-icons-ng-ding
NumVotes: 2
Popularity: 0.002989
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: smedius
Submitter: smedius
FirstSubmitted: 1663011248
LastModified: 1706813124
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/gnome-shell-extension-gtk4-desktop-icons-ng.tar.gz