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WIndowmaker

Does anyone aside from me use WindowMaker?  They just recently dropped a latest build which is a rarity for such a mature product.  I am using the version on the Arch public archives. 

If one downloads the latestest git version, can the raw source file be updated with pacman?


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Re: WIndowmaker

Reply #1 –
why don't you use " aur/windowmaker-git"

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Reply #2 –
It is too old and has too many nagging problems
 

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Reply #3 –
 you can make a pkg file and install it with "pacman -U"

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Makepkg

It's better to update the aur package, if you want to go that far. at least use the PKGBUILD as reference.

if you just want to install the package with no care, use "make install" 

EDIT: you can't directly update a pacman package with only the updated source. you need to make pkg file. then you are able to update the package to new version. the easiest way is to grab the `PKGBUILD` file in arch repo or aur, then change the values to bump the version.