gnome-shell-oldstable on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 27,2024

Deprecated! Installation of this package may no longer be supported.

1. Install "gnome-shell-oldstable" 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-oldstable on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                gnome-shell-oldstable
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall gnome-shell-oldstable on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                gnome-shell-oldstable
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "gnome-shell-oldstable" 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-oldstable's git locally


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


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

ID: 1002364
Name: gnome-shell-oldstable
PackageBaseID: 167283
PackageBase: gnome-shell-oldstable
Version: 1:40.7-1
Description: Next generation desktop shell (oldstable version)
URL: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeShell
NumVotes: 2
Popularity: 0.00295
OutOfDate: 1641921519
Maintainer:
FirstSubmitted: 1621809483
LastModified: 1639395804
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/gnome-shell-oldstable.tar.gz