starwm-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 29,2024

1. Install "starwm-git" 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 starwm-git on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall starwm-git on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "starwm-git" 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 starwm-git's git locally


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


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

ID: 1173909
Name: starwm-git
PackageBaseID: 183577
PackageBase: starwm-git
Version: 2:r64.da02779-1
Description: StarWM is an extensible, floating and tiling, X window manager for Linux-based operating systems written in Rust.
URL: https://github.com/starwm/starwm
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 4.5E-5
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: mmdbalkhi
Submitter: mmdbalkhi
FirstSubmitted: 1656334091
LastModified: 1669360789
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/starwm-git.tar.gz