marswm on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 25,2024

1. Install "marswm" 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 marswm on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall marswm on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1372302
Name: marswm
PackageBaseID: 199333
PackageBase: marswm
Version: 0.5.3-1
Description: A rusty successor to moonwm
URL: https://github.com/jzbor/marswm
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: jzbor
Submitter: jzbor
FirstSubmitted: 1699375203
LastModified: 1702989277
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/marswm.tar.gz