xwin on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 24,2024

1. Install "xwin" 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 xwin on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall xwin on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "xwin" 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 xwin's git locally


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


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

ID: 1372103
Name: xwin
PackageBaseID: 183074
PackageBase: xwin
Version: 0.5.0-2
Description: Allows downloading and repacking the MSVC CRT and Windows SDK for cross compilation
URL: https://crates.io/crates/xwin
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0.000343
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: andrewkoz
Submitter: andrewkoz
FirstSubmitted: 1654917661
LastModified: 1702954828
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/xwin.tar.gz