nvidia-gpu-switch on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 12,2024

1. Install "nvidia-gpu-switch" 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-gpu-switch on Arch using YAY


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


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


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


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

ID: 619954
Name: nvidia-gpu-switch
PackageBaseID: 142641
PackageBase: nvidia-gpu-switch
Version: 1.0-1
Description: Tool to switch on/off Nvidia laptop GPU for compute, without optirun.
URL: https://github.com/xdever/linux_gpu_switch
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: xdever
Submitter: xdever
FirstSubmitted: 1560099216
LastModified: 1560099216
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/nvidia-gpu-switch.tar.gz