wmenu-dmenu on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 15,2024

1. Install "wmenu-dmenu" 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 wmenu-dmenu on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                wmenu-dmenu
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall wmenu-dmenu on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                wmenu-dmenu
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "wmenu-dmenu" 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 wmenu-dmenu's git locally


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


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

ID: 1409311
Name: wmenu-dmenu
PackageBaseID: 202520
PackageBase: wmenu-dmenu
Version: 1-2
Description: Symlink for using wmenu as a drop-in replacement to dmenu/dmenu-wayland
URL: https://sr.ht/~adnano/wmenu
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: tobyvin
Submitter: tobyvin
FirstSubmitted: 1707948220
LastModified: 1707951083
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/wmenu-dmenu.tar.gz