egpu-switcher on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 10,2025

1. Install "egpu-switcher" 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 egpu-switcher on Arch using YAY


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


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


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


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

ID: 1221118
Name: egpu-switcher
PackageBaseID: 185819
PackageBase: egpu-switcher
Version: 0.19.0-1
Description: Automatically detect and use eGPU on startup
URL: https://github.com/hertg/egpu-switcher
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 1.9E-5
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: hertg
Submitter: hertg
FirstSubmitted: 1663450813
LastModified: 1677936743
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/egpu-switcher.tar.gz