greetd on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 20,2024

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

1. Install "greetd" 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 greetd on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall greetd on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "greetd" 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 greetd's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/greetd.git 
            
                        
                ~/greetd
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/greetd folder and install it


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

ID: 959433
Name: greetd
PackageBaseID: 152180
PackageBase: greetd
Version: 0.8.0-1
Description: Generic greeter daemon
URL: https://git.sr.ht/~kennylevinsen/greetd
NumVotes: 52
Popularity: 4.016281
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: 1ace
FirstSubmitted: 1588288240
LastModified: 1631369123
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/greetd.tar.gz