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I'd like to run an Enlightenment on Wayland session on Arch Linux, I read the Arch Linux article at enlightenment.org, but it seems to be outdated as enlightenment-wayland-git no longer exists in the Arch User Repository (AUR).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 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"

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plus I could run Plank in it, but under other Wayland sessions Plank won't start because it can't run on Wayland.

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  • Wow, that enlightenment documentation must be *way* out of date - `enlightenment-wayland-git` doesn't even exist in the [AUR archive](https://github.com/aur-archive), which goes back several years. – jayhendren Oct 05 '17 at 18:45

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You can check out build instructions on their Github page. This Readme is dated November 2017:

Running Enlightenment as a Wayland compositor is not considered "safe" for everyday desktop use

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