swaylock-no-password on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 23,2024

1. Install "swaylock-no-password" 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-no-password on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                swaylock-no-password
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall swaylock-no-password on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                swaylock-no-password
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "swaylock-no-password" 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-no-password's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/swaylock-no-password.git 
            
                        
                ~/swaylock-no-password
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/swaylock-no-password folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/swaylock-no-password
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the swaylock-no-password package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1406256
Name: swaylock-no-password
PackageBaseID: 202293
PackageBase: swaylock-no-password
Version: 1.7.2-1
Description: Screen locker for Wayland (without password validation)
URL: https://github.com/swaywm/swaylock
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0.49037
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: fossdd
Submitter: fossdd
FirstSubmitted: 1707421339
LastModified: 1707421339
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/swaylock-no-password.tar.gz