keyboard-backlightd on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 23,2024

1. Install "keyboard-backlightd" 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 keyboard-backlightd on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                keyboard-backlightd
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall keyboard-backlightd on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                keyboard-backlightd
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "keyboard-backlightd" 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 keyboard-backlightd's git locally


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


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

ID: 1406767
Name: keyboard-backlightd
PackageBaseID: 190574
PackageBase: keyboard-backlightd
Version: 0.1.8-1
Description: Automatic keyboard backlight management on Thinkpads
URL: https://github.com/VorpalBlade/keyboard-backlightd
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: VorpalWay
Submitter: VorpalWay
FirstSubmitted: 1676822895
LastModified: 1707513998
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/keyboard-backlightd.tar.gz