way-cooler on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 28,2024

1. Install "way-cooler" 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 way-cooler on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall way-cooler on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "way-cooler" 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 way-cooler's git locally


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


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

ID: 696156
Name: way-cooler
PackageBaseID: 114697
PackageBase: way-cooler
Version: 1:0.8.1-1
Description: Customizeable Wayland compositor written in Rust (upstream abandoned)
URL: https://way-cooler.org/
NumVotes: 22
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: alerque
Submitter: vinipsmaker
FirstSubmitted: 1471205282
LastModified: 1581508173
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/way-cooler.tar.gz