kwin-polonium on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 23,2024

1. Install "kwin-polonium" 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 kwin-polonium on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                kwin-polonium
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall kwin-polonium on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                kwin-polonium
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "kwin-polonium" 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 kwin-polonium's git locally


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


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

ID: 1422350
Name: kwin-polonium
PackageBaseID: 194146
PackageBase: kwin-polonium
Version: 1.0b1-1
Description: A tiling window manager for KWin 5.27 and up
URL: https://zeroxoneafour.github.io/polonium/
NumVotes: 6
Popularity: 1.551227
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: gmes78
Submitter: gmes78
FirstSubmitted: 1685489458
LastModified: 1709800071
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/kwin-polonium.tar.gz