xfdesktop-devel on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 10,2025

1. Install "xfdesktop-devel" 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 xfdesktop-devel on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                xfdesktop-devel
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall xfdesktop-devel on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                xfdesktop-devel
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "xfdesktop-devel" 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 xfdesktop-devel's git locally


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


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

ID: 1426450
Name: xfdesktop-devel
PackageBaseID: 74811
PackageBase: xfdesktop-devel
Version: 4.19.1-2
Description: A desktop manager for Xfce (development release)
URL: https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfdesktop/start
NumVotes: 16
Popularity: 0.001896
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: twa022
Submitter: twa022
FirstSubmitted: 1382902675
LastModified: 1710333400
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/xfdesktop-devel.tar.gz