lightdm-guest-account on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: October 04,2024

1. Install "lightdm-guest-account" 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-guest-account on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                lightdm-guest-account
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall lightdm-guest-account on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                lightdm-guest-account
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "lightdm-guest-account" 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-guest-account's git locally


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


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

ID: 1124896
Name: lightdm-guest-account
PackageBaseID: 155761
PackageBase: lightdm-guest-account
Version: 1.32.0-1
Description: LightDM shell script to enable guest account session.
URL: https://github.com/canonical/lightdm
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: stefan0xC
Submitter: stefan0xC
FirstSubmitted: 1595448698
LastModified: 1660231688
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/lightdm-guest-account.tar.gz