opendm on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 15,2024

1. Install "opendm" 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 opendm on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall opendm on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 546874
Name: opendm
PackageBaseID: 132147
PackageBase: opendm
Version: 0.0.4-2
Description: A simple GUI Display Manager written entirely in bash that uses xinit to start X sessions
URL: http://www.simonizor.net
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: MarsSeed
Submitter: E5ten
FirstSubmitted: 1525661994
LastModified: 1537938683
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/opendm.tar.gz