x-highlight-region-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 27,2024

1. Install "x-highlight-region-git" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)

$ sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si

b. Install x-highlight-region-git on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S x-highlight-region-git

* (Optional) Uninstall x-highlight-region-git on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns x-highlight-region-git

2. Manually Install "x-highlight-region-git" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:

$ sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

b. Clone x-highlight-region-git's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/x-highlight-region-git.git ~/x-highlight-region-git

c. Go to ~/x-highlight-region-git folder and install it

$ cd ~/x-highlight-region-git $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the x-highlight-region-git package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 244684
Name: x-highlight-region-git
PackageBaseID: 102415
PackageBase: x-highlight-region-git
Version: 0.4.0.0.r0.gc093f24-1
Description: Dims everything but a selected region of the screen.
URL: https://github.com/eigengrau/x-highlight-region
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer:
Submitter: eigengrau
FirstSubmitted: 1445785781
LastModified: 1446394346
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/x-highlight-region-git.tar.gz