ybacklight on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 28,2024

1. Install "ybacklight" 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 ybacklight on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall ybacklight on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 953386
Name: ybacklight
PackageBaseID: 169826
PackageBase: ybacklight
Version: r9.53bf1f7-1
Description: an xbacklight compatable replacement using sysfs
URL: https://github.com/yath/ybacklight
NumVotes: 2
Popularity: 0.156562
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Ckat
Submitter: Ckat
FirstSubmitted: 1628690097
LastModified: 1630099220
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/ybacklight.tar.gz