wbg on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: October 05,2024

1. Install "wbg" 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 wbg on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall wbg on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1418861
Name: wbg
PackageBaseID: 163790
PackageBase: wbg
Version: 1.1.0-5
Description: Wallpaper application for wlroots based Wayland compositors
URL: https://codeberg.org/dnkl/wbg
NumVotes: 6
Popularity: 1.566982
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: danekl
Submitter: danekl
FirstSubmitted: 1614334488
LastModified: 1709291184
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/wbg.tar.gz