matchbox-window-manager-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 27,2024

1. Install "matchbox-window-manager-git" 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 matchbox-window-manager-git on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                matchbox-window-manager-git
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall matchbox-window-manager-git on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                matchbox-window-manager-git
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "matchbox-window-manager-git" 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 matchbox-window-manager-git's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/matchbox-window-manager-git.git 
            
                        
                ~/matchbox-window-manager-git
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/matchbox-window-manager-git folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/matchbox-window-manager-git
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the matchbox-window-manager-git package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 814092
Name: matchbox-window-manager-git
PackageBaseID: 145817
PackageBase: matchbox-window-manager-git
Version: 1.2.2.5.gbc880f5-1
Description: A pretty much unique X window manager with a classic PDA management policy
URL: http://matchbox-project.org/
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: tallero
Submitter: tallero
FirstSubmitted: 1570976195
LastModified: 1604582893
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/matchbox-window-manager-git.tar.gz