virtscreen on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 14,2024

1. Install "virtscreen" 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 virtscreen on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall virtscreen on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1415823
Name: virtscreen
PackageBaseID: 132700
PackageBase: virtscreen
Version: 0.3.2-1
Description: Use your iPad/tablet/computer as a secondary monitor on Linux (dderjoel's continuation fork)
URL: https://github.com/dderjoel/VirtScreen
NumVotes: 6
Popularity: 3.0E-6
OutOfDate:
Maintainer:
Submitter: kbumsik
FirstSubmitted: 1526887707
LastModified: 1708957615
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/virtscreen.tar.gz