j4-dmenu-desktop on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "j4-dmenu-desktop" 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 j4-dmenu-desktop on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S j4-dmenu-desktop

* (Optional) Uninstall j4-dmenu-desktop on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns j4-dmenu-desktop

2. Manually Install "j4-dmenu-desktop" via AUR

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

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

b. Clone j4-dmenu-desktop's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/j4-dmenu-desktop.git ~/j4-dmenu-desktop

c. Go to ~/j4-dmenu-desktop folder and install it

$ cd ~/j4-dmenu-desktop $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the j4-dmenu-desktop package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1041328
Name: j4-dmenu-desktop
PackageBaseID: 76802
PackageBase: j4-dmenu-desktop
Version: 2.18-2
Description: A much faster replacement for i3-dmenu-desktop. Its purpose is to find .desktop files and offer you a menu to start an application using dmenu.
URL: https://github.com/enkore/j4-dmenu-desktop
NumVotes: 154
Popularity: 1.143999
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: austinpray
FirstSubmitted: 1388362476
LastModified: 1645528322
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/j4-dmenu-desktop.tar.gz