displaylink on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 26,2024

1. Install "displaylink" 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 displaylink on Arch using YAY


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


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


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


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

ID: 1351976
Name: displaylink
PackageBaseID: 96736
PackageBase: displaylink
Version: 5.8-1
Description: Linux driver for DisplayLink devices
URL: https://www.synaptics.com/products/displaylink-graphics
NumVotes: 99
Popularity: 0.454735
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: endorfina
Submitter: Hideaki
FirstSubmitted: 1438730651
LastModified: 1699804367
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/displaylink.tar.gz