find-cursor on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: June 01,2024

1. Install "find-cursor" 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 find-cursor on Arch using YAY


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


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


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


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

ID: 1023843
Name: find-cursor
PackageBaseID: 170864
PackageBase: find-cursor
Version: 1.8-1
Description: Simple XLib program to highlight the cursor position in X11
URL: https://github.com/arp242/find-cursor
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 5.4E-5
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: MikeWalrus
Submitter: eduardosm
FirstSubmitted: 1631095428
LastModified: 1642955815
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/find-cursor.tar.gz