rss-glx on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 27,2025

1. Install "rss-glx" 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 rss-glx on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall rss-glx on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "rss-glx" 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 rss-glx's git locally


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


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

ID: 1240301
Name: rss-glx
PackageBaseID: 128703
PackageBase: rss-glx
Version: 0.9.1-35
Description: The Really Slick Screensavers port to GLX
URL: http://rss-glx.sourceforge.net/
NumVotes: 6
Popularity: 0.001073
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: sirspudd
Submitter: Barthalion
FirstSubmitted: 1515171699
LastModified: 1681281946
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/rss-glx.tar.gz