wlroots-nvidia on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: June 23,2024

1. Install "wlroots-nvidia" 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 wlroots-nvidia on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                wlroots-nvidia
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall wlroots-nvidia on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                wlroots-nvidia
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "wlroots-nvidia" 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 wlroots-nvidia's git locally


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


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

ID: 1416231
Name: wlroots-nvidia
PackageBaseID: 185076
PackageBase: wlroots-nvidia
Version: 0.17.1-1
Description: Modular Wayland compositor library, with fix for nvidia flickering
URL: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wlroots/wlroots
NumVotes: 5
Popularity: 0.058021
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: kplant
Submitter: kplant
FirstSubmitted: 1661009195
LastModified: 1709006188
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/wlroots-nvidia.tar.gz