swaycwd on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "swaycwd" 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 swaycwd on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall swaycwd on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 833354
Name: swaycwd
PackageBaseID: 151424
PackageBase: swaycwd
Version: 1.1-1
Description: alternative to xcwd for swayvm
URL: https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:fXlJ80wnYwgJ:https://www.reddit.com/r/swaywm/comments/ayedi1/opening_terminals_at_the_same_directory/+&cd=1&hl=de&ct=clnk&gl=de&client=firefox-b-d
NumVotes: 2
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: joposter
Submitter: joposter
FirstSubmitted: 1586700049
LastModified: 1607951552
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/swaycwd.tar.gz