brightd on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "brightd" 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 brightd on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall brightd on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 890301
Name: brightd
PackageBaseID: 19964
PackageBase: brightd
Version: 0.4.1-1
Description: Automatically dims screen when there is no user input (like a macbook :-).
URL: http://www.pberndt.com/Programme/Linux/brightd/
NumVotes: 17
Popularity: 0.319596
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: MarcinWieczorek
Submitter:
FirstSubmitted: 1221461854
LastModified: 1618045967
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/brightd.tar.gz