i915-firmware on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 23,2024

1. Install "i915-firmware" 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 i915-firmware on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                i915-firmware
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall i915-firmware on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                i915-firmware
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "i915-firmware" 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 i915-firmware's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/i915-firmware.git 
            
                        
                ~/i915-firmware
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/i915-firmware folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/i915-firmware
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the i915-firmware package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1103417
Name: i915-firmware
PackageBaseID: 146436
PackageBase: i915-firmware
Version: 20220209-1
Description: Intel's integrated GPU firmware
URL: https://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git;a=summary
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: linuxergr
Submitter: leogx9r
FirstSubmitted: 1573056756
LastModified: 1656189339
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/i915-firmware.tar.gz