libgpiod on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: June 16,2024

1. Install "libgpiod" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)

$ sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si

b. Install libgpiod on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S libgpiod

* (Optional) Uninstall libgpiod on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns libgpiod

2. Manually Install "libgpiod" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:

$ sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

b. Clone libgpiod's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/libgpiod.git ~/libgpiod

c. Go to ~/libgpiod folder and install it

$ cd ~/libgpiod $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the libgpiod package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 888777
Name: libgpiod
PackageBaseID: 137719
PackageBase: libgpiod
Version: 1.6.3-1
Description: C library and tools for interacting with the linux GPIO character device
URL: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libgpiod/libgpiod.git
NumVotes: 17
Popularity: 0.270334
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: OdysseusGE
FirstSubmitted: 1543642230
LastModified: 1617760478
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/libgpiod.tar.gz

5. The same packages on other Linux Distributions