touchpad-disabler on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 24,2024

1. Install "touchpad-disabler" 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 touchpad-disabler on Arch using YAY


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


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


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


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

ID: 292034
Name: touchpad-disabler
PackageBaseID: 107571
PackageBase: touchpad-disabler
Version: 0.4-1
Description: This application will disable a laptops touchpad when a usb is plugged in and display a notification to the user.
URL: https://github.com/insanengineer/touchpad-disabler
NumVotes: 3
Popularity: 0.021374
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: insanengineer
Submitter: insanengineer
FirstSubmitted: 1455485331
LastModified: 1460088312
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/touchpad-disabler.tar.gz