colpick on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 06,2025

1. Install "colpick" 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 colpick on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall colpick on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1118797
Name: colpick
PackageBaseID: 184450
PackageBase: colpick
Version: 1.5.0.r1.g39feef2-1
Description: Pick color at the current position of the mouse
URL: https://github.com/mehmetumit/colpick.git
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: dymos
Submitter: dymos
FirstSubmitted: 1659038636
LastModified: 1659080138
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/colpick.tar.gz