install_Arch_Linux.md

Install on Arch Linux

The easiest and safest way to install newm is by means of its aur package which is installed as follows:

yay -S newm-git

For impatient

Maybe you want to test features in development or help with debugging, whatever the case, the following tutorial aims to show how to install a different branch from the main newm branch.

1. Clone PKBUILD

yay -G newm-git

2. Navigate to the downloaded folder

cd newm-git

3. Clone pywm and newm

git clone https://github.com/jbuchermn/pywm.git --branch=<any branch>
git clone https://github.com/jbuchermn/newm.git --branch=<any branch>

4. Build and install

makepkg -sic