brightness-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 28,2024

1. Install "brightness-git" 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-git on Arch using YAY


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


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


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


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

ID: 1390333
Name: brightness-git
PackageBaseID: 198915
PackageBase: brightness-git
Version: 20240120.r19.24be7d4-1
Description: A small Rust program that uses ddcutil to control your monitor's brightness
URL: https://gitlab.com/Devorlon/brightness
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0.057827
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: prurigro
Submitter: prurigro
FirstSubmitted: 1698294110
LastModified: 1705900856
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/brightness-git.tar.gz