sowm on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 26,2024

1. Install "sowm" 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 sowm on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall sowm on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 703504
Name: sowm
PackageBaseID: 148601
PackageBase: sowm
Version: 1.6-1
Description: An itsy bitsy floating window manager
URL: https://github.com/dylanaraps/sowm
NumVotes: 2
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer:
Submitter: jfchevrette
FirstSubmitted: 1580321589
LastModified: 1583235875
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/sowm.tar.gz