wl-gears-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 15,2024

1. Install "wl-gears-git" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)

$ sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si

b. Install wl-gears-git on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S wl-gears-git

* (Optional) Uninstall wl-gears-git on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns wl-gears-git

2. Manually Install "wl-gears-git" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:

$ sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

b. Clone wl-gears-git's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/wl-gears-git.git ~/wl-gears-git

c. Go to ~/wl-gears-git folder and install it

$ cd ~/wl-gears-git $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the wl-gears-git package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1421075
Name: wl-gears-git
PackageBaseID: 203315
PackageBase: wl-gears-git
Version: r7.b7ecdeb-2
Description: Gears for Wayland compositors
URL: https://git.sr.ht/~soreau/wl-gears
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Nebulosa
Submitter: Nebulosa
FirstSubmitted: 1709629713
LastModified: 1709631437
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/wl-gears-git.tar.gz