moonwm on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 02,2025

1. Install "moonwm" 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 moonwm on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall moonwm on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1169470
Name: moonwm
PackageBaseID: 165981
PackageBase: moonwm
Version: 8.1.0-4
Description: My own outstandingly named Window Manager (a dynamic window manager)
URL: https://github.com/jzbor/moonwm
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: jzbor
Submitter: jzbor
FirstSubmitted: 1619177313
LastModified: 1668496990
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/moonwm.tar.gz