showmethekey on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 24,2024

1. Install "showmethekey" 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 showmethekey on Arch using YAY


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


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


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


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

ID: 1350752
Name: showmethekey
PackageBaseID: 165593
PackageBase: showmethekey
Version: 1.12.0-1
Description: A screenkey alternative that works under Wayland via libinput.
URL: https://showmethekey.alynx.one/
NumVotes: 16
Popularity: 0.985066
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: AlynxZhou
Submitter: AlynxZhou
FirstSubmitted: 1618389087
LastModified: 1699608828
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/showmethekey.tar.gz