firmware-manager on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: October 06,2024

1. Install "firmware-manager" 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 firmware-manager on Arch using YAY


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


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


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


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

ID: 1389436
Name: firmware-manager
PackageBaseID: 150996
PackageBase: firmware-manager
Version: 0.1.5+3+gf3ead34-1
Description: Generic framework and GTK UI for firmware updates from system76-firmware and fwupd
URL: https://github.com/pop-os/firmware-manager
NumVotes: 8
Popularity: 0.002885
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: yochananmarqos
Submitter: electrickite
FirstSubmitted: 1585795508
LastModified: 1705785084
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/firmware-manager.tar.gz