nightshift on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: March 09,2025

1. Install "nightshift" 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 nightshift on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall nightshift on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 193279
Name: nightshift
PackageBaseID: 80861
PackageBase: nightshift
Version: 0.6-1
Description: A terminal user interface for redshift
URL: https://github.com/maandree/nightshift
NumVotes: 12
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: maandree
Submitter: maandree
FirstSubmitted: 1397350600
LastModified: 1434111343
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/nightshift.tar.gz