wlr-brightness-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 23,2024

1. Install "wlr-brightness-git" 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 wlr-brightness-git on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                wlr-brightness-git
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall wlr-brightness-git on Arch using YAY


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


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


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

ID: 616462
Name: wlr-brightness-git
PackageBaseID: 142360
PackageBase: wlr-brightness-git
Version: r5.b498003-1
Description: Adjust the brightness of wlroots-based compositors such as sway.
URL: https://github.com/mherzberg/wlr-brightness
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0.003353
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: mherzberg
Submitter: mherzberg
FirstSubmitted: 1558992621
LastModified: 1558992621
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/wlr-brightness-git.tar.gz