lightdm-settings on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: March 14,2025

1. Install "lightdm-settings" 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-settings on Arch using YAY


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


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


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


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

ID: 1364374
Name: lightdm-settings
PackageBaseID: 121570
PackageBase: lightdm-settings
Version: 2.0.1-1
Description: A configuration tool for the LightDM display manager
URL: https://github.com/linuxmint/lightdm-settings
NumVotes: 47
Popularity: 1.388586
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Santi-Burgos
Submitter: Santi-Burgos
FirstSubmitted: 1492380631
LastModified: 1701700067
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/lightdm-settings.tar.gz