nvidia-beta on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: September 29,2024

1. Install "nvidia-beta" 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 nvidia-beta on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                nvidia-beta
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall nvidia-beta on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                nvidia-beta
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "nvidia-beta" 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 nvidia-beta's git locally


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


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

ID: 1414482
Name: nvidia-beta
PackageBaseID: 15152
PackageBase: nvidia-beta
Version: 550.54.14-1
Description: NVIDIA drivers for Arch's official 'linux' package (beta version)
URL: https://www.nvidia.com/
NumVotes: 349
Popularity: 0.419344
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: dbermond
Submitter:
FirstSubmitted: 1202681033
LastModified: 1708724369
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/nvidia-beta.tar.gz