directfb on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "directfb" 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 directfb on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall directfb on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1082516
Name: directfb
PackageBaseID: 134656
PackageBase: directfb
Version: 1.7.7-6
Description: A thin library that provides hardware graphics acceleration, input device handling and abstraction, integrated windowing system on top of the Linux Framebuffer Device
URL: https://www.directfb.org
NumVotes: 5
Popularity: 0.018533
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: acxz
Submitter: lks
FirstSubmitted: 1533045410
LastModified: 1652991283
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/directfb.tar.gz