google-photos-desktop on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "google-photos-desktop" 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 google-photos-desktop on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                google-photos-desktop
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall google-photos-desktop on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                google-photos-desktop
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "google-photos-desktop" 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 google-photos-desktop's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/google-photos-desktop.git 
            
                        
                ~/google-photos-desktop
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/google-photos-desktop folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/google-photos-desktop
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the google-photos-desktop package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 497817
Name: google-photos-desktop
PackageBaseID: 131117
PackageBase: google-photos-desktop
Version: 0.9-1
Description: Google Photos web-app based on qtws
URL:
NumVotes: 7
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: simonescalabrino
Submitter: simonescalabrino
FirstSubmitted: 1522083650
LastModified: 1522083650
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/google-photos-desktop.tar.gz