caffeine-ng on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 24,2024

1. Install "caffeine-ng" 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 caffeine-ng on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                caffeine-ng
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall caffeine-ng on Arch using YAY


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


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


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

ID: 1254727
Name: caffeine-ng
PackageBaseID: 86713
PackageBase: caffeine-ng
Version: 4.2.0-1
Description: Status bar application able to temporarily inhibit the screensaver and sleep mode.
URL: https://codeberg.org/WhyNotHugo/caffeine-ng
NumVotes: 119
Popularity: 0.223215
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: whynothugo
Submitter: whynothugo
FirstSubmitted: 1413696369
LastModified: 1683541402
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/caffeine-ng.tar.gz