huawei-wmi-dkms-kbdlight-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 03,2025

1. Install "huawei-wmi-dkms-kbdlight-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 huawei-wmi-dkms-kbdlight-git on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                huawei-wmi-dkms-kbdlight-git
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall huawei-wmi-dkms-kbdlight-git on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                huawei-wmi-dkms-kbdlight-git
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "huawei-wmi-dkms-kbdlight-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 huawei-wmi-dkms-kbdlight-git's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/huawei-wmi-dkms-kbdlight-git.git 
            
                        
                ~/huawei-wmi-dkms-kbdlight-git
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/huawei-wmi-dkms-kbdlight-git folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/huawei-wmi-dkms-kbdlight-git
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the huawei-wmi-dkms-kbdlight-git package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1028971
Name: huawei-wmi-dkms-kbdlight-git
PackageBaseID: 175522
PackageBase: huawei-wmi-dkms-kbdlight-git
Version: 3.3.r12.gc142bce-1
Description: Huawei WMI laptop extras driver (feat/kbdlight branch)
URL: https://github.com/sermart1234/Huawei-WMI
NumVotes: 2
Popularity: 0.001642
OutOfDate: 1704929643
Maintainer: sdore
Submitter: sdore
FirstSubmitted: 1643642709
LastModified: 1643642709
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/huawei-wmi-dkms-kbdlight-git.tar.gz