backlight-tooler on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 23,2024

1. Install "backlight-tooler" 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-tooler on Arch using YAY


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


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


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


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

ID: 1155444
Name: backlight-tooler
PackageBaseID: 137928
PackageBase: backlight-tooler
Version: r36.20b69a4-1
Description: A lightweight tool to control backlight via webcam.
URL: https://github.com/alcubierre-drive/backlight-tooler
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: alcubierre-drive
Submitter: alcubierre-drive
FirstSubmitted: 1544369418
LastModified: 1666338106
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/backlight-tooler.tar.gz