xkblayout on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 03,2025

1. Install "xkblayout" 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 xkblayout on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall xkblayout on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1330349
Name: xkblayout
PackageBaseID: 140537
PackageBase: xkblayout
Version: 1.3-4
Description: Print the current xkb keyboard layout
URL: https://github.com/alenichev/xkblayout
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 8.2E-5
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Lancia
Submitter: vitalijr2
FirstSubmitted: 1553360677
LastModified: 1696752630
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/xkblayout.tar.gz