xsnow-legacy on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 01,2025

Deprecated! Installation of this package may no longer be supported.

1. Install "xsnow-legacy" 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 xsnow-legacy on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                xsnow-legacy
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall xsnow-legacy on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                xsnow-legacy
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "xsnow-legacy" 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 xsnow-legacy's git locally


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


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

ID: 1009933
Name: xsnow-legacy
PackageBaseID: 174273
PackageBase: xsnow-legacy
Version: 1.42-2
Description: Display snow, Santa and his reindeers on the root window
URL: https://janswaal.home.xs4all.nl/Xsnow/
NumVotes: 5
Popularity: 0.000831
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: AlphaJack
Submitter: AlphaJack
FirstSubmitted: 1640119866
LastModified: 1640516645
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/xsnow-legacy.tar.gz