swaymsg-root on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 27,2024

1. Install "swaymsg-root" 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 swaymsg-root on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                swaymsg-root
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall swaymsg-root on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                swaymsg-root
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "swaymsg-root" 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 swaymsg-root's git locally


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


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

ID: 678635
Name: swaymsg-root
PackageBaseID: 147525
PackageBase: swaymsg-root
Version: 1-1
Description: small wrapper for swaymsg to allow it run as root
URL: https://github.com/vesim987/swaymsg-root
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate: 1707075543
Maintainer: vesim
Submitter: vesim
FirstSubmitted: 1576782214
LastModified: 1576782214
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/swaymsg-root.tar.gz