brightness-xrandr on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 13,2024

1. Install "brightness-xrandr" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)

$ sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si

b. Install brightness-xrandr on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S brightness-xrandr

* (Optional) Uninstall brightness-xrandr on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns brightness-xrandr

2. Manually Install "brightness-xrandr" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:

$ sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

b. Clone brightness-xrandr's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/brightness-xrandr.git ~/brightness-xrandr

c. Go to ~/brightness-xrandr folder and install it

$ cd ~/brightness-xrandr $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the brightness-xrandr package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1312951
Name: brightness-xrandr
PackageBaseID: 196461
PackageBase: brightness-xrandr
Version: 1.0.6-1
Description: Command-line tool that changes the brightness using the xrandr command.
URL: https://github.com/airvzxf/archlinux-brightness-xrandr
NumVotes: 2
Popularity: 0.023617
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: airv_zxf
Submitter: airv_zxf
FirstSubmitted: 1691307074
LastModified: 1693689046
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/brightness-xrandr.tar.gz