sway-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 27,2024

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

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

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


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


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

ID: 1391971
Name: sway-git
PackageBaseID: 97770
PackageBase: sway-git
Version: 1.9.r7273.a4e8533-1
Description: Tiling Wayland compositor and replacement for the i3 window manager (git development version)
URL: https://github.com/swaywm/sway
NumVotes: 145
Popularity: 2.839433
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: GreyXor
Submitter:
FirstSubmitted: 1439733925
LastModified: 1706126882
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/sway-git.tar.gz