leftwm on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "leftwm" 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 leftwm on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall leftwm on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1355206
Name: leftwm
PackageBaseID: 140864
PackageBase: leftwm
Version: 0.5.1-2
Description: A tiling window manager for the adventurer (systemd init)
URL: https://github.com/leftwm/leftwm
NumVotes: 20
Popularity: 0.157071
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: lexchilds
Submitter: lexchilds
FirstSubmitted: 1554034201
LastModified: 1700287242
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/leftwm.tar.gz