signal-desktop-fix-sway on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 26,2024

1. Install "signal-desktop-fix-sway" 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 signal-desktop-fix-sway on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                signal-desktop-fix-sway
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall signal-desktop-fix-sway on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                signal-desktop-fix-sway
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "signal-desktop-fix-sway" 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 signal-desktop-fix-sway's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/signal-desktop-fix-sway.git 
            
                        
                ~/signal-desktop-fix-sway
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/signal-desktop-fix-sway folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/signal-desktop-fix-sway
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the signal-desktop-fix-sway package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1300766
Name: signal-desktop-fix-sway
PackageBaseID: 196421
PackageBase: signal-desktop-fix-sway
Version: 0.1.0-2
Description: Workaround for signal-desktop issue #6368 so its window appears under Sway
URL: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/issues/6368
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Auerhuhn
Submitter: Auerhuhn
FirstSubmitted: 1691153393
LastModified: 1691478201
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/signal-desktop-fix-sway.tar.gz