alienfx on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 26,2024

1. Install "alienfx" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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b. Install alienfx on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall alienfx on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "alienfx" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
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b. Clone alienfx's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/alienfx.git 
            
                        
                ~/alienfx
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/alienfx folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/alienfx
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the alienfx package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1366221
Name: alienfx
PackageBaseID: 123982
PackageBase: alienfx
Version: 2.4.3-1
Description: CLI and GUI utility to control the lighting effects of your Alienware computer written in Python.
URL: https://github.com/trackmastersteve/alienfx
NumVotes: 6
Popularity: 3.6E-5
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: TrackMasterSteve
Submitter: Shatur
FirstSubmitted: 1499815428
LastModified: 1701982269
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/alienfx.tar.gz