spectrwm on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "spectrwm" 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 spectrwm on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall spectrwm on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1411221
Name: spectrwm
PackageBaseID: 192222
PackageBase: spectrwm
Version: 3.5.2-6
Description: A minimalistic automatic tiling window manager that tries to stay out of the way.
URL: http://www.spectrwm.org
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer:
Submitter: arojas
FirstSubmitted: 1680370607
LastModified: 1708234576
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/spectrwm.tar.gz