wlcs on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 31,2025

1. Install "wlcs" 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 wlcs on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall wlcs on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1271969
Name: wlcs
PackageBaseID: 142428
PackageBase: wlcs
Version: 1.5.0-1
Description: Canonical's protocol-conformance-verifying test suite for Wayland compositor implementations.
URL: https://github.com/MirServer/wlcs
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate: 1710104946
Maintainer: thyTwilightGoth
Submitter: PedroHLC
FirstSubmitted: 1559306180
LastModified: 1686548641
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/wlcs.tar.gz