libevdev-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: September 28,2024

1. Install "libevdev-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 libevdev-git on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                libevdev-git
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall libevdev-git on Arch using YAY


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


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


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

ID: 1239646
Name: libevdev-git
PackageBaseID: 142037
PackageBase: libevdev-git
Version: 1.13.0.r22.gdb0d427-1
Description: Wrapper library for evdev devices
URL: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/libevdev/
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Chocobo1
Submitter: Chocobo1
FirstSubmitted: 1557837065
LastModified: 1681198418
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/libevdev-git.tar.gz