selectwm on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 28,2024

1. Install "selectwm" 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 selectwm on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall selectwm on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 190892
Name: selectwm
PackageBaseID: 22694
PackageBase: selectwm
Version: 0.4.1-3
Description: A window manager selector tool
URL: http://ordiluc.net/selectwm/
NumVotes: 3
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate: 1700324078
Maintainer: bidulock
Submitter: Allan
FirstSubmitted: 1230469952
LastModified: 1433932301
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/selectwm.tar.gz