vkdevicechooser on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 30,2024

1. Install "vkdevicechooser" 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 vkdevicechooser on Arch using YAY


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


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


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


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

ID: 1350022
Name: vkdevicechooser
PackageBaseID: 147433
PackageBase: vkdevicechooser
Version: 1.1-1
Description: Vulkan layer to force a specific physical GPU device to be used
URL: https://github.com/jiriks74/vkdevicechooser
NumVotes: 6
Popularity: 0.435904
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Maintainer: jiriks74
Submitter: Vorpal
FirstSubmitted: 1576511625
LastModified: 1699489544
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/vkdevicechooser.tar.gz