virtboard on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 02,2025

1. Install "virtboard" 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 virtboard on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall virtboard on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "virtboard" 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 virtboard's git locally


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


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

ID: 720748
Name: virtboard
PackageBaseID: 138269
PackageBase: virtboard
Version: 0.0.6-3
Description: Basic keyboard, blazing the path of modern Wayland keyboards
URL: https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/virtboard
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer:
Submitter: flipflop97
FirstSubmitted: 1545571639
LastModified: 1586865296
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/virtboard.tar.gz