random-wallpaper on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 01,2025

1. Install "random-wallpaper" 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 random-wallpaper on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                random-wallpaper
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall random-wallpaper on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                random-wallpaper
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "random-wallpaper" 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 random-wallpaper's git locally


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


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

ID: 662885
Name: random-wallpaper
PackageBaseID: 146366
PackageBase: random-wallpaper
Version: 0.1.1-1
Description: Changes the desktop wallpaper to random from the site wallhaven.cc
URL: https://github.com/tz4678/random-wallpaper
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: tz4678
Submitter: tz4678
FirstSubmitted: 1572802075
LastModified: 1572817619
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/random-wallpaper.tar.gz