setcapslock on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "setcapslock" 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 setcapslock on Arch using YAY


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


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


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


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

ID: 609595
Name: setcapslock
PackageBaseID: 101910
PackageBase: setcapslock
Version: 0.0.4-1
Description: Small utility to set the caps lock state in an X session.
URL: https://github.com/coldfix/setcapslock
NumVotes: 3
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: core-problem
Submitter: core-problem
FirstSubmitted: 1444915852
LastModified: 1556995024
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/setcapslock.tar.gz