windowchef on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 29,2024

1. Install "windowchef" 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 windowchef on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall windowchef on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 897321
Name: windowchef
PackageBaseID: 115832
PackageBase: windowchef
Version: 0.5.2-1
Description: A stacking window manager that cooks windows with orders from the Waitron
URL: https://github.com/tudurom/windowchef
NumVotes: 3
Popularity: 0.180762
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: tudor
Submitter: tudor
FirstSubmitted: 1475175073
LastModified: 1619276539
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/windowchef.tar.gz