xsnow-legacy on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: September 21,2024

1. Install "xsnow-legacy" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)

$ sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si

b. Install xsnow-legacy on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S xsnow-legacy

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

$ yay -Rns xsnow-legacy

2. Manually Install "xsnow-legacy" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:

$ sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

b. Clone xsnow-legacy's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/xsnow-legacy.git ~/xsnow-legacy

c. Go to ~/xsnow-legacy folder and install it

$ cd ~/xsnow-legacy $ makepkg -si

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