libwacom-surface on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 25,2024

1. Install "libwacom-surface" 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 libwacom-surface on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                libwacom-surface
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall libwacom-surface on Arch using YAY


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


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


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

ID: 1427341
Name: libwacom-surface
PackageBaseID: 139952
PackageBase: libwacom-surface
Version: 2.10.0-1
Description: Library to identify Wacom tablets and their features - Patched for Microsoft Surface devices
URL: https://github.com/linux-surface/libwacom
NumVotes: 9
Popularity: 0.05871
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: qzed
Submitter: qzed
FirstSubmitted: 1551227014
LastModified: 1710452777
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/libwacom-surface.tar.gz