gnome-shell-extension-soft-brightness-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 26,2024

1. Install "gnome-shell-extension-soft-brightness-git" 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 gnome-shell-extension-soft-brightness-git on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                gnome-shell-extension-soft-brightness-git
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall gnome-shell-extension-soft-brightness-git on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                gnome-shell-extension-soft-brightness-git
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "gnome-shell-extension-soft-brightness-git" 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 gnome-shell-extension-soft-brightness-git's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/gnome-shell-extension-soft-brightness-git.git 
            
                        
                ~/gnome-shell-extension-soft-brightness-git
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/gnome-shell-extension-soft-brightness-git folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/gnome-shell-extension-soft-brightness-git
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gnome-shell-extension-soft-brightness-git package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1346047
Name: gnome-shell-extension-soft-brightness-git
PackageBaseID: 183832
PackageBase: gnome-shell-extension-soft-brightness-git
Version: 35.r10.gb77e711-1
Description: Gnome-shell extension to manage your display brightness via an alpha overlay (instead of the backlight).
URL: https://github.com/jkitching/soft-brightness-plus
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: mschu
Submitter: Matr1x-101
FirstSubmitted: 1657204073
LastModified: 1698873022
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/gnome-shell-extension-soft-brightness-git.tar.gz