heliwm on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 26,2024

1. Install "heliwm" 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 heliwm on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall heliwm on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 207574
Name: heliwm
PackageBaseID: 66616
PackageBase: heliwm
Version: 1.13-2
Description: Highly Essential Light Itsy-bitsy Window Manager.
URL: http://www.cc.rim.or.jp/~hok/heliwm/
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: aksr
Submitter: richjn
FirstSubmitted: 1359088040
LastModified: 1436183029
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/heliwm.tar.gz