libinput-gestures on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 04,2025

1. Install "libinput-gestures" 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 libinput-gestures on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                libinput-gestures
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall libinput-gestures on Arch using YAY


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


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


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

ID: 1336310
Name: libinput-gestures
PackageBaseID: 114695
PackageBase: libinput-gestures
Version: 2.76-1
Description: Actions gestures on your touchpad using libinput
URL: https://github.com/bulletmark/libinput-gestures
NumVotes: 95
Popularity: 0.447827
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: bulletmark
Submitter: bulletmark
FirstSubmitted: 1471147603
LastModified: 1697671715
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/libinput-gestures.tar.gz