display-switch-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 03,2025

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


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


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


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


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

ID: 894204
Name: display-switch-git
PackageBaseID: 160934
PackageBase: display-switch-git
Version: 0.3.0.r28.5f5ee6e-1
Description: Switching monitor inputs via DDC/CI based on USB device connect/disconnect events.
URL: https://github.com/haimgel/display-switch
NumVotes: 3
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: 0x5a17ed
Submitter: 0x5a17ed
FirstSubmitted: 1607989733
LastModified: 1618751944
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/display-switch-git.tar.gz