isight-firmware on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 27,2024

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


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


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


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


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

ID: 1206461
Name: isight-firmware
PackageBaseID: 190134
PackageBase: isight-firmware
Version: 1-1
Description: Non-free firmware for Built-in iSight found on Apple machines
URL: https://archive.org/details/AppleUSBVideoSupport
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer:
Submitter: julianfairfax
FirstSubmitted: 1675516228
LastModified: 1675516228
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/isight-firmware.tar.gz