lightdm-elephant-greeter-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 23,2024

1. Install "lightdm-elephant-greeter-git" 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 lightdm-elephant-greeter-git on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                lightdm-elephant-greeter-git
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall lightdm-elephant-greeter-git on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                lightdm-elephant-greeter-git
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "lightdm-elephant-greeter-git" 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 lightdm-elephant-greeter-git's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/lightdm-elephant-greeter-git.git 
            
                        
                ~/lightdm-elephant-greeter-git
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/lightdm-elephant-greeter-git folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/lightdm-elephant-greeter-git
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the lightdm-elephant-greeter-git package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 908824
Name: lightdm-elephant-greeter-git
PackageBaseID: 164576
PackageBase: lightdm-elephant-greeter-git
Version: r12.bfa6ea4-1
Description: Simple LightDM greeter that does not need X11
URL: https://github.com/max-moser/lightdm-elephant-greeter
NumVotes: 4
Popularity: 3.8E-5
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: max-moser
Submitter: max-moser
FirstSubmitted: 1616262879
LastModified: 1621339570
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/lightdm-elephant-greeter-git.tar.gz