sway-im on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 27,2024

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

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

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


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


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

ID: 1415080
Name: sway-im
PackageBaseID: 162627
PackageBase: sway-im
Version: 1:1.9-1
Description: Tiling Wayland compositor and replacement for the i3 window manager, with input method popups v2 support
URL: https://swaywm.org/
NumVotes: 4
Popularity: 0.766656
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: GalaxySnail
Submitter: simnalamburt
FirstSubmitted: 1611848232
LastModified: 1708844684
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/sway-im.tar.gz