console-blanking on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 29,2024

1. Install "console-blanking" 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 console-blanking on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                console-blanking
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall console-blanking on Arch using YAY


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


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


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

ID: 516705
Name: console-blanking
PackageBaseID: 133161
PackageBase: console-blanking
Version: 0.0.1-2
Description: Restores virtual console default blanking and powerdown after a given number of minutes (defaults: blank monitor - 5 minutes, powerdown display = 6 minutes).
URL: https://github.com/drankinatty/console-blanking
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: drankinatty
Submitter: drankinatty
FirstSubmitted: 1528146145
LastModified: 1528152813
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/console-blanking.tar.gz