swayblocks on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 27,2024

1. Install "swayblocks" 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 swayblocks on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall swayblocks on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 551568
Name: swayblocks
PackageBaseID: 135813
PackageBase: swayblocks
Version: r45.9257a84-1
Description: a highly customizable, language agnostic status bar manager for i3 and sway written in elixir
URL: https://github.com/rei2hu/swayblocks
NumVotes: 2
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate: 1554510534
Maintainer: rei2hu
Submitter: rei2hu
FirstSubmitted: 1536464867
LastModified: 1539491339
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/swayblocks.tar.gz