backlight_control on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "backlight_control" 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 backlight_control on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                backlight_control
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall backlight_control on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                backlight_control
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "backlight_control" 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 backlight_control's git locally


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


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

ID: 530306
Name: backlight_control
PackageBaseID: 128502
PackageBase: backlight_control
Version: 1.3-1
Description: Simple backlight brightness control
URL: https://github.com/Hendrikto/backlight_control
NumVotes: 3
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Hendrikto
Submitter: Hendrikto
FirstSubmitted: 1514643630
LastModified: 1532909006
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/backlight_control.tar.gz