sway-im-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 23,2024

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


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


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


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


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

ID: 1412390
Name: sway-im-git
PackageBaseID: 178210
PackageBase: sway-im-git
Version: r7292.d19810eba895-3
Description: Tiling Wayland compositor and replacement for the i3 window manager (git version with input method popups)
URL: https://swaywm.org/
NumVotes: 3
Popularity: 0.360836
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: q234rty
Submitter: q234rty
FirstSubmitted: 1650736492
LastModified: 1708421441
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/sway-im-git.tar.gz