mutter-oldstable on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 28,2024

1. Install "mutter-oldstable" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)

$ sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si

b. Install mutter-oldstable on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S mutter-oldstable

* (Optional) Uninstall mutter-oldstable on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns mutter-oldstable

2. Manually Install "mutter-oldstable" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:

$ sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

b. Clone mutter-oldstable's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/mutter-oldstable.git ~/mutter-oldstable

c. Go to ~/mutter-oldstable folder and install it

$ cd ~/mutter-oldstable $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the mutter-oldstable package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1002365
Name: mutter-oldstable
PackageBaseID: 167282
PackageBase: mutter-oldstable
Version: 40.7-1
Description: A window manager for GNOME (oldstable version)
URL: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate: 1641921494
Maintainer:
FirstSubmitted: 1621809468
LastModified: 1639395840
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/mutter-oldstable.tar.gz