displaylink-beta on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 27,2024

1. Install "displaylink-beta" 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-beta on Arch using YAY


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


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


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


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

ID: 1015585
Name: displaylink-beta
PackageBaseID: 174811
PackageBase: displaylink-beta
Version: 5.5.0-1
Description: Linux driver for DL-6xxx, DL-5xxx, DL-41xx and DL-3x00
URL: https://www.synaptics.com/products/displaylink-graphics
NumVotes: 5
Popularity: 2.0E-6
OutOfDate: 1653902023
Maintainer:
Submitter: francoism90
FirstSubmitted: 1641646785
LastModified: 1641646785
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/displaylink-beta.tar.gz