grub2-theme-preview on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 25,2024

1. Install "grub2-theme-preview" 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 grub2-theme-preview on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S grub2-theme-preview

* (Optional) Uninstall grub2-theme-preview on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns grub2-theme-preview

2. Manually Install "grub2-theme-preview" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:

$ sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

b. Clone grub2-theme-preview's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/grub2-theme-preview.git ~/grub2-theme-preview

c. Go to ~/grub2-theme-preview folder and install it

$ cd ~/grub2-theme-preview $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the grub2-theme-preview package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1257294
Name: grub2-theme-preview
PackageBaseID: 118284
PackageBase: grub2-theme-preview
Version: 2.8.0-1
Description: Preview a full GRUB 2.x theme (or just a background image) using KVM/QEMU
URL: https://github.com/hartwork/grub2-theme-preview
NumVotes: 19
Popularity: 0.368935
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Natetronn
Submitter: American_Jesus
FirstSubmitted: 1483126531
LastModified: 1683959219
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/grub2-theme-preview.tar.gz