spotlight on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 26,2024

1. Install "spotlight" 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 spotlight on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall spotlight on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 915499
Name: spotlight
PackageBaseID: 115079
PackageBase: spotlight
Version: 52.e6d845c-1
Description: Displays a new background image daily
URL: https://github.com/mariusknaust/spotlight
NumVotes: 7
Popularity: 0.076875
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: marius.knaust
Submitter: marius.knaust
FirstSubmitted: 1472392554
LastModified: 1622567033
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/spotlight.tar.gz