xbrightness on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 26,2025

1. Install "xbrightness" 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 xbrightness on Arch using YAY


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


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


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


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

ID: 191860
Name: xbrightness
PackageBaseID: 45901
PackageBase: xbrightness
Version: 0.3-3
Description: Software X11 brightness control
URL: http://shallowsky.com/software/xbrightness/
NumVotes: 23
Popularity: 0.180802
OutOfDate: 1700333282
Maintainer: bidulock
Submitter: adlerweb
FirstSubmitted: 1296333843
LastModified: 1433999865
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/xbrightness.tar.gz