wayfire on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "wayfire" 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 wayfire on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall wayfire on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1427349
Name: wayfire
PackageBaseID: 139617
PackageBase: wayfire
Version: 0.8.1-3
Description: 3D wayland compositor
URL: https://wayfire.org
NumVotes: 54
Popularity: 1.979141
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: aperez
Submitter: aperez
FirstSubmitted: 1550133784
LastModified: 1710454201
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/wayfire.tar.gz