surface-control on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "surface-control" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
    Copied

b. Install surface-control on Arch using YAY


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                yay -S
            
                        
                surface-control
            
                    
    
    Copied

* (Optional) Uninstall surface-control on Arch using YAY


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                yay -Rns
            
                        
                surface-control
            
                    
    
    Copied

2. Manually Install "surface-control" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
    Copied

b. Clone surface-control's git locally


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/surface-control.git 
            
                        
                ~/surface-control
            
                    
    
    Copied

c. Go to ~/surface-control folder and install it


   
    
        
            $
        

        
            
                cd
            
                        
                ~/surface-control
            
                    
    
    Copied

    

   
    
        
            $
        

        
            
                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
    Copied

3. Information about the surface-control package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1427353
Name: surface-control
PackageBaseID: 144925
PackageBase: surface-control
Version: 0.4.6-3
Description: Control various aspects of Microsoft Surface devices from the Command-Line
URL: https://github.com/linux-surface/surface-control
NumVotes: 2
Popularity: 5.4E-5
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: qzed
Submitter: qzed
FirstSubmitted: 1567978900
LastModified: 1710454498
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/surface-control.tar.gz