i3-plasma on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "i3-plasma" 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 i3-plasma on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S i3-plasma

* (Optional) Uninstall i3-plasma on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns i3-plasma

2. Manually Install "i3-plasma" via AUR

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

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

b. Clone i3-plasma's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/i3-plasma.git ~/i3-plasma

c. Go to ~/i3-plasma folder and install it

$ cd ~/i3-plasma $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the i3-plasma package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 611886
Name: i3-plasma
PackageBaseID: 141950
PackageBase: i3-plasma
Version: 4.16.1-1
Description: A fork of i3-gaps tiling window manager with default configuration for plasma
URL: https://github.com/Airblader/i3
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate: 1570204111
Maintainer:
FirstSubmitted: 1557571338
LastModified: 1557668905
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/i3-plasma.tar.gz