mousetrap on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "mousetrap" 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 mousetrap on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall mousetrap on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "mousetrap" 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 mousetrap's git locally


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


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

ID: 540498
Name: mousetrap
PackageBaseID: 114089
PackageBase: mousetrap
Version: 3.0.5-1
Description: An X11 utility that hides the mouse pointer after a specified interval of time
URL: https://github.com/eazar001/mousetrap
NumVotes: 2
Popularity: 0.02138
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: eazar001
Submitter: eazar001
FirstSubmitted: 1469857242
LastModified: 1535913859
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/mousetrap.tar.gz