sway9 on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 26,2024

Deprecated! Installation of this package may no longer be supported.

1. Install "sway9" 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 sway9 on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall sway9 on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "sway9" 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 sway9's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/sway9.git 
            
                        
                ~/sway9
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/sway9 folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/sway9
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the sway9 package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1025876
Name: sway9
PackageBaseID: 147686
PackageBase: sway9
Version: 1:1.7-1
Description: Tiling Wayland compositor and replacement for the i3 window manager (personal build)
URL: https://github.com/9ary/sway9
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: novenary
FirstSubmitted: 1577453121
LastModified: 1643209577
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/sway9.tar.gz