lightdm-unity-greeter on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 27,2025

Deprecated! Installation of this package may no longer be supported.

1. Install "lightdm-unity-greeter" 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-unity-greeter on Arch using YAY


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


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


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


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

ID: 339053
Name: lightdm-unity-greeter
PackageBaseID: 52877
PackageBase: lightdm-unity-greeter
Version: 16.10.2.2-1
Description: The greeter (login screen) application for Unity. It is implemented as a LightDM greeter.
URL: https://launchpad.net/unity-greeter
NumVotes: 22
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate: 1520367315
Maintainer:
FirstSubmitted: 1317587739
LastModified: 1474086558
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/lightdm-unity-greeter.tar.gz