gwm on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 07,2024

1. Install "gwm" 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 gwm on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S gwm

* (Optional) Uninstall gwm on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns gwm

2. Manually Install "gwm" via AUR

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

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

b. Clone gwm's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/gwm.git ~/gwm

c. Go to ~/gwm folder and install it

$ cd ~/gwm $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the gwm package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1279722
Name: gwm
PackageBaseID: 159125
PackageBase: gwm
Version: 2.4.1-1
Description: A modern tiling windows manager for X11
URL: https://sourceforge.net/projects/gsmwm/
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer:
Submitter: zhaose
FirstSubmitted: 1603628208
LastModified: 1687903509
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/gwm.tar.gz