xdg-utils-slock on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "xdg-utils-slock" 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 xdg-utils-slock on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                xdg-utils-slock
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall xdg-utils-slock on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                xdg-utils-slock
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "xdg-utils-slock" 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 xdg-utils-slock's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/xdg-utils-slock.git 
            
                        
                ~/xdg-utils-slock
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/xdg-utils-slock folder and install it


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

ID: 775573
Name: xdg-utils-slock
PackageBaseID: 122205
PackageBase: xdg-utils-slock
Version: 1.1.3-1
Description: Command line tools that assist applications with a variety of desktop integration tasks; patched to support slock lockscreen
URL: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/xdg-utils/
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: poizan42
Submitter: n4nn31355
FirstSubmitted: 1494303864
LastModified: 1596737143
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/xdg-utils-slock.tar.gz