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

Last updated: June 26,2024

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


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


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                grub2-theme-preview
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "grub2-theme-preview" 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 grub2-theme-preview's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/grub2-theme-preview.git 
            
                        
                ~/grub2-theme-preview
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/grub2-theme-preview folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/grub2-theme-preview
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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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