gwm-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "gwm-git" 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 gwm-git on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall gwm-git on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "gwm-git" 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 gwm-git's git locally


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


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

ID: 814569
Name: gwm-git
PackageBaseID: 159511
PackageBase: gwm-git
Version: 0.8-1
Description: A modern tilling windows manager for X11
URL: https://sourceforge.net/projects/gsmwm/
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: zhaose
Submitter: zhaose
FirstSubmitted: 1604669868
LastModified: 1604669868
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/gwm-git.tar.gz