wallpaper-switch on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 29,2024

1. Install "wallpaper-switch" 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 wallpaper-switch on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                wallpaper-switch
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall wallpaper-switch on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                wallpaper-switch
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "wallpaper-switch" 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 wallpaper-switch's git locally


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


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

ID: 837645
Name: wallpaper-switch
PackageBaseID: 112625
PackageBase: wallpaper-switch
Version: 0.4-1
Description: Runs in backgroud and changes Gnome backgroud to NASA picture of the day.
URL: https://github.com/mikolajb/wallpaper-switch
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate: 1653936569
Maintainer: mikolajb
Submitter: mikolajb
FirstSubmitted: 1466345633
LastModified: 1608765296
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/wallpaper-switch.tar.gz