display-switch on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 25,2024

1. Install "display-switch" 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 display-switch on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                display-switch
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall display-switch on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                display-switch
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "display-switch" 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 display-switch's git locally


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


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

ID: 1134537
Name: display-switch
PackageBaseID: 185125
PackageBase: display-switch
Version: 1.2.0-2
Description: Turn a $30 USB switch into a full-featured multi-monitor KVM switch
URL: https://github.com/haimgel/display-switch
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: trissylegs
Submitter: trissylegs
FirstSubmitted: 1661150866
LastModified: 1662191758
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/display-switch.tar.gz