mons on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: March 07,2025

1. Install "mons" 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 mons on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall mons on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 476915
Name: mons
PackageBaseID: 118925
PackageBase: mons
Version: 0.8.2-1
Description: POSIX Shell script to quickly manage 2-monitors display.
URL: https://github.com/Ventto/mons.git
NumVotes: 31
Popularity: 0.342173
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: ventto
Submitter: ventto
FirstSubmitted: 1484874342
LastModified: 1515541939
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/mons.tar.gz