1---
2name: install-antigravity-arch-linux
3description: Install Google Antigravity IDE on an Arch Linux machine. Use when the user wants Antigravity installed on Arch or an Arch-based distro, either system-wide through yay or paru, or as a user-local install without sudo.
4compatibility: Runtimes: codex, openclaw · OS: linux · Requires bash, curl, tar, makepkg; yay or paru optional for system installs.
5allowed-tools: Bash Read
6---
7 
8# Install Antigravity On Arch Linux
9 
10Use this skill only for Arch Linux and Arch-based distros. Do not use it for Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, macOS, or Windows.
11 
12## Choose the install mode
13 
14- Use `--system` when the user wants a normal package-manager install and sudo is available.
15- Use `--local` when the user does not want to enter a sudo password or only needs Antigravity for the current user.
16 
17## Commands
18 
19System-wide install:
20 
21```bash
22bash scripts/install_antigravity_arch.sh --system
23```
24 
25User-local install without sudo:
26 
27```bash
28bash scripts/install_antigravity_arch.sh --local
29```
30 
31## What the script does
32 
33For `--system`:
34 
35- requires `yay` or `paru`
36- installs the `antigravity` AUR package
37- leaves updates to the package manager
38 
39For `--local`:
40 
41- downloads the current AUR snapshot for `antigravity`
42- builds the package as the current user with `makepkg`
43- extracts the built package into `~/.local/opt/Antigravity-<version>`
44- creates `~/.local/bin/antigravity`
45- creates user-local desktop entries and icon files
46- refreshes desktop and MIME caches when the tools are available
47 
48## Validate the install
49 
50Run:
51 
52```bash
53which antigravity
54antigravity --version
55```
56 
57If it is a local install, `which antigravity` should point to `~/.local/bin/antigravity`.
58 
59## GNOME Wayland note
60 
61If Antigravity opens with a custom title bar that is hard to move on GNOME Wayland, create or update `~/.config/Antigravity/User/settings.json` with:
62 
63```json
64{
65  "window.titleBarStyle": "native",
66  "window.customTitleBarVisibility": "never"
67}
68```
69 
70Then restart Antigravity.
71 
72## Boundaries
73 
74- Do not claim non-Arch instructions are covered by this skill.
75- Do not embed passwords or secrets into the flow.
76- Do not use destructive package-manager cleanup commands unless the user explicitly asks.
77