boblight on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 13,2024

1. Install "boblight" 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 boblight on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall boblight on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "boblight" 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 boblight's git locally


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


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

ID: 1394353
Name: boblight
PackageBaseID: 201359
PackageBase: boblight
Version: 1:2.1.0-1
Description: Collection of tools for driving lights connected to an external controller
URL: https://github.com/vdr-projects/boblight/
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: M-Reimer
Submitter: M-Reimer
FirstSubmitted: 1704736623
LastModified: 1706478108
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/boblight.tar.gz