m2status on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: June 24,2024

1. Install "m2status" 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 m2status on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall m2status on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "m2status" 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 m2status's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/m2status.git 
            
                        
                ~/m2status
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/m2status folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/m2status
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the m2status package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 917869
Name: m2status
PackageBaseID: 101838
PackageBase: m2status
Version: 16.0ad8780-1
Description: i3 status line generator written in Go
URL: https://github.com/mutantmonkey/m2status
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer:
Submitter: mutantmonkey
FirstSubmitted: 1444795145
LastModified: 1623052859
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/m2status.tar.gz