xbanish on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "xbanish" 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 xbanish on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall xbanish on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1063626
Name: xbanish
PackageBaseID: 96833
PackageBase: xbanish
Version: 1.8-1
Description: Hide the mouse cursor when typing
URL: https://github.com/jcs/xbanish
NumVotes: 24
Popularity: 0.208747
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: andreas_baumann
Submitter: cdown
FirstSubmitted: 1438967392
LastModified: 1649425368
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/xbanish.tar.gz