brightness on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 28,2024

1. Install "brightness" 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 brightness on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall brightness on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1390713
Name: brightness
PackageBaseID: 190558
PackageBase: brightness
Version: 24.1.0-2
Description: Adjust monitor brightness using ddcutil
URL: https://gitlab.com/Devorlon/brightness
NumVotes: 2
Popularity: 0.009486
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Devorlon
Submitter: Devorlon
FirstSubmitted: 1676780138
LastModified: 1705962605
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/brightness.tar.gz