light-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 26,2024

Deprecated! Installation of this package may no longer be supported.

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

* (Optional) Uninstall light-git on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "light-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 light-git's git locally


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


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

ID: 755500
Name: light-git
PackageBaseID: 97156
PackageBase: light-git
Version: 1.2.2.r2.g33f2316-1
Description: Program to easily change brightness on backlight-controllers.
URL: https://github.com/haikarainen/light
NumVotes: 36
Popularity: 0.018668
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: MarcinWieczorek
Submitter: nickelpro
FirstSubmitted: 1439244819
LastModified: 1592846974
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/light-git.tar.gz