slack-desktop on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 01,2025

1. Install "slack-desktop" 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 slack-desktop on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                slack-desktop
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall slack-desktop on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                slack-desktop
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "slack-desktop" 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 slack-desktop's git locally


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


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

ID: 1405981
Name: slack-desktop
PackageBaseID: 102095
PackageBase: slack-desktop
Version: 4.36.140-1
Description: Slack Desktop (Beta) for Linux
URL: https://slack.com/downloads
NumVotes: 598
Popularity: 5.328343
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: ogarcia
Submitter: ogarcia
FirstSubmitted: 1445248759
LastModified: 1707377056
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/slack-desktop.tar.gz