swaylock-fancy-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "swaylock-fancy-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 swaylock-fancy-git on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                swaylock-fancy-git
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall swaylock-fancy-git on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                swaylock-fancy-git
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "swaylock-fancy-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 swaylock-fancy-git's git locally


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


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

ID: 1373827
Name: swaylock-fancy-git
PackageBaseID: 140445
PackageBase: swaylock-fancy-git
Version: r226.0b93740-1
Description: Blurs and pixelates background, adds lock icon and text, for sway.
URL: https://github.com/Big-B/swaylock-fancy
NumVotes: 5
Popularity: 1.0E-6
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Big-B
Submitter: Big-B
FirstSubmitted: 1553053851
LastModified: 1703208679
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/swaylock-fancy-git.tar.gz