linux-firmware-surface-book on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "linux-firmware-surface-book" 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 linux-firmware-surface-book on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                linux-firmware-surface-book
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall linux-firmware-surface-book on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                linux-firmware-surface-book
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "linux-firmware-surface-book" 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 linux-firmware-surface-book's git locally


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


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

ID: 608875
Name: linux-firmware-surface-book
PackageBaseID: 139741
PackageBase: linux-firmware-surface
Version: 20190501.4b6cf2b.2b206b56e-1
Description: Firmware files for Linux, with Microsoft Surface related files replaced from https://github.com/jakeday/linux-surface/
URL: https://github.com/jakeday/linux-surface/
NumVotes: 3
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate: 1589810615
Maintainer:
Submitter: Frans-Willem
FirstSubmitted: 1550515294
LastModified: 1556803583
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/linux-firmware-surface-book.tar.gz