slstatus on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 04,2025

1. Install "slstatus" 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 slstatus on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall slstatus on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1413744
Name: slstatus
PackageBaseID: 202848
PackageBase: slstatus
Version: 1.0-1
Description: A status monitor for window managers that use WM_NAME or stdin to fill the status bar
URL: http://tools.suckless.org/slstatus/
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0.652529
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Bubbu0129
Submitter: Bubbu0129
FirstSubmitted: 1708613989
LastModified: 1708613989
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/slstatus.tar.gz