light-locker-gtk2 on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "light-locker-gtk2" 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 light-locker-gtk2 on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                light-locker-gtk2
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall light-locker-gtk2 on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                light-locker-gtk2
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "light-locker-gtk2" 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 light-locker-gtk2's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/light-locker-gtk2.git 
            
                        
                ~/light-locker-gtk2
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/light-locker-gtk2 folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/light-locker-gtk2
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the light-locker-gtk2 package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 879660
Name: light-locker-gtk2
PackageBaseID: 83916
PackageBase: light-locker-gtk2
Version: 1.8.0-1
Description: A simple session locker
URL: https://github.com/the-cavalry/light-locker
NumVotes: 2
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: bidulock
Submitter: bidulock
FirstSubmitted: 1405652386
LastModified: 1616225413
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/light-locker-gtk2.tar.gz