swt on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 27,2024

1. Install "swt" 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 swt on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall swt on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1391677
Name: swt
PackageBaseID: 165960
PackageBase: swt
Version: 4.30-1
Description: An open source widget toolkit for Java
URL: https://www.eclipse.org/swt/
NumVotes: 6
Popularity: 0.016071
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Khorne
Submitter: arojas
FirstSubmitted: 1619123103
LastModified: 1706087429
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/swt.tar.gz