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How to run Enlightenment on Wayland on Arch Linux?

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I'd like to run an Enlightenment on Wayland session on Arch Linux, I read the [Arch Linux](https://www.enlightenment.org/distros/archlinux-start) article at enlightenment.org, but it seems to be outdated as enlightenment-wayland-git no longer exists in the Arch User Repository (AUR). I tried installing enlightenment-git from the AUR, in the hope it was a typo, but it will not build due to missing dependencies (e.g. gitmeson). The official enlightenment package does not have an enlightenment_wayland_start binary so I can't start it using that. I tried starting it with ELM_DISPLAY=wl ELM_ACCEL=opengl enlightenment_start based on what is said near the end of the [Wayland](https://www.enlightenment.org/about-wayland) article at enlightenment.org, but it does not seem this is a Wayland session that it started. The window enlightenment started in was called "WL-X11" enter image description here plus I could run Plank in it, but under other Wayland sessions Plank won't start because it can't run on Wayland.
Asked by Josh Pinto (3533 rep)
Oct 3, 2017, 09:24 AM
Last activity: Feb 9, 2018, 10:33 AM