libsynaptics on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 14,2024

1. Install "libsynaptics" 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 libsynaptics on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S libsynaptics

* (Optional) Uninstall libsynaptics on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns libsynaptics

2. Manually Install "libsynaptics" via AUR

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

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

b. Clone libsynaptics's git locally

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

c. Go to ~/libsynaptics folder and install it

$ cd ~/libsynaptics $ makepkg -si

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

ID: 476055
Name: libsynaptics
PackageBaseID: 128896
PackageBase: libsynaptics
Version: 0.14.6c-7
Description: Library for accessing synaptics touchpads
URL: http://qsynaptics.sourceforge.net
NumVotes: 4
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate: 1704935097
Maintainer: bidulock
Submitter: Barthalion
FirstSubmitted: 1515329020
LastModified: 1515329020
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/libsynaptics.tar.gz