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- A Straightforward Guide on Installing nvidia-prime-select-git on Arch Linux, Manjaro and Anarchy
- Table of Contents
- Installation link
- Install with Pacman (Default) link
- Install with Yay (Beginner Friendly) link
- Updating link
- Update with Pacman (Default) link
- Update with Yay (Beginner Friendly) link
- Uninstallation link
- Uninstall with Pacman (Default) link
- Uninstall with Yay (Beginner Friendly) link
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- Brainiarc7 / prime-select PKGBUILD for Arch Linux
Brainiarc7 / prime-select PKGBUILD for Arch Linux
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| # Maintainer: Dennis E. Mungai |
| pkgname=nvidia-prime |
| pkgver=0.7 |
| pkgrel=1 |
| pkgdesc=»Tools to enable NVIDIA’s Prime.» |
| url=»https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-prime» |
| arch=(‘x86_64’ ‘i686’) |
| license=(‘GPLv3’) |
| depends=(‘lightdm’ ‘bbswitch’ ‘python’ ‘bash’) |
| optdepends=(‘nvidia’ ‘lightdm-gtk3-greeter’) |
| makedepends=() |
| conflicts=() |
| replaces=() |
| backup=() |
| #install=’nvidia-prime.install’ |
| source=(«https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/$_$.tar.gz») |
| sha256sums=(‘SKIP’) |
| package() |
| cd «$/$» |
| mkdir -p «$»/usr/ |
| mkdir -p «$»/usr/share/ |
| #Install PRIME |
| install -m755 $srcdir/nvidia-prime/get-quirk-options $pkgdir/usr/bin/get-quirk-options |
| install -m755 $srcdir/nvidia-prime/prime-offload $pkgdir/usr/bin/prime-offload |
| install -m755 $srcdir/nvidia-prime/prime-select $pkgdir/usr/bin/prime-select |
| install -m755 $srcdir/nvidia-prime/prime-supported $pkgdir/usr/bin/prime-supported |
| install -m755 $srcdir/nvidia-prime/prime-switch $pkgdir/usr/bin/prime-switch |
| #Add nvidia-prime-quirks |
| install -m755 $srcdir/nvidia-prime/prime-quirks $pkgdir/usr/share/nvidia-prime/prime-quirks |
| #Add systemD service |
| install -m644 $srcdir/nvidia-prime/debian/nvidia-prime.service $pkgdir/usr/lib/systemd/system/nvidia-prime.service |
| #Add LightDM |
| install -m644 $srcdir/nvidia-prime/90-nvidia.conf $pkgdir/usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/90-nvidia.conf |
| #Other Information |
| install -m644 $srcdir/nvidia-prime/debian/changelog $pkgdir/usr/share/doc/nvidia-prime/changelog.gz |
| install -m644 $srcdir/nvidia-prime/debian/copyright $pkgdir/usr/share/doc/nvidia-prime/copyright |
| > |
| # vim:set ts=2 sw=2 et: |
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A Straightforward Guide on Installing nvidia-prime-select-git on Arch Linux, Manjaro and Anarchy
Referring to nvidia-prime-select-git ‘s own outline, it is «A collection of shell scripts that makes it possible to use the NVIDIA GPU on a Optimus Laptop, similar to the feature provided by the nvidia-prime package in Ubuntu. Forked by wildtruc». To install and update this package ( nvidia-prime-select-git ) from AUR (Arch User Repository) on Arch Linux and Arch-based Linux distributions (e.g. Manjaro, EndeavourOS, Garuda, Parabola, Anarchy, RebornOS) is relatively straightforward. This guide will taught you how to install/update/uninstall the package with either the built-in package manager pacman or an AUR helper like yay .
Table of Contents
Installation link
Two common methods are used to install nvidia-prime-select-git from AUR. pacman is what you’re looking for if you’re an experienced Linux user and understand the concept of how packages are built. Otherwise, yay is an acceptable alternative to install packages without the need to review PKGBUILD and build packages with makepkg on your own.
Install with Pacman (Default) link
sudo pacman -S --needed git && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/nvidia-prime-select-git.git && cd nvidia-prime-select-git && makepkg -si
- Install git if it’s not on your system.
- clone the package’s git repository from upstream URL.
- cd into the folder of the repository.
- Use makepkg to build the package. Also, it will automatically be installed with pacman if built successfully.
Install with Yay (Beginner Friendly) link
yay -S nvidia-prime-select-git
Updating link
Just like installing AUR packages, updating them is fairly the same. Simply pull it from source then re-build it. However, it is still recommended to upgrade your whole system first with sudo pacman -Syu before updating any packages to avoid breaking your system, since Arch is a rolling-release Linux distro.
Update with Pacman (Default) link
git pull && makepkg -si - pull from the package’s git repository.
- Build the package with makepkg , then update it with pacman .
Update with Yay (Beginner Friendly) link
Uninstallation link
Removing packages is the most uncomplicated of these three,just choose whether to purge the dependencies that no longer required by other packages and the configuration files used by the package.
Uninstall with Pacman (Default) link
sudo pacman -R nvidia-prime-select-git
sudo pacman -Rs nvidia-prime-select-git
sudo pacman -Rns nvidia-prime-select-git
Uninstall with Yay (Beginner Friendly) link
yay -R nvidia-prime-select-git
yay -Rs nvidia-prime-select-git
yay -Rns nvidia-prime-select-git
Learn more information about how to build AUR packages on Arch Linux, please refer to this guide from NoCache.
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Brainiarc7 / prime-select PKGBUILD for Arch Linux
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| # Maintainer: Dennis E. Mungai |
| pkgname=nvidia-prime |
| pkgver=0.7 |
| pkgrel=1 |
| pkgdesc=»Tools to enable NVIDIA’s Prime.» |
| url=»https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-prime» |
| arch=(‘x86_64’ ‘i686’) |
| license=(‘GPLv3’) |
| depends=(‘lightdm’ ‘bbswitch’ ‘python’ ‘bash’) |
| optdepends=(‘nvidia’ ‘lightdm-gtk3-greeter’) |
| makedepends=() |
| conflicts=() |
| replaces=() |
| backup=() |
| #install=’nvidia-prime.install’ |
| source=(«https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/$_$.tar.gz») |
| sha256sums=(‘SKIP’) |
| package() |
| cd «$/$» |
| mkdir -p «$»/usr/ |
| mkdir -p «$»/usr/share/ |
| #Install PRIME |
| install -m755 $srcdir/nvidia-prime/get-quirk-options $pkgdir/usr/bin/get-quirk-options |
| install -m755 $srcdir/nvidia-prime/prime-offload $pkgdir/usr/bin/prime-offload |
| install -m755 $srcdir/nvidia-prime/prime-select $pkgdir/usr/bin/prime-select |
| install -m755 $srcdir/nvidia-prime/prime-supported $pkgdir/usr/bin/prime-supported |
| install -m755 $srcdir/nvidia-prime/prime-switch $pkgdir/usr/bin/prime-switch |
| #Add nvidia-prime-quirks |
| install -m755 $srcdir/nvidia-prime/prime-quirks $pkgdir/usr/share/nvidia-prime/prime-quirks |
| #Add systemD service |
| install -m644 $srcdir/nvidia-prime/debian/nvidia-prime.service $pkgdir/usr/lib/systemd/system/nvidia-prime.service |
| #Add LightDM |
| install -m644 $srcdir/nvidia-prime/90-nvidia.conf $pkgdir/usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/90-nvidia.conf |
| #Other Information |
| install -m644 $srcdir/nvidia-prime/debian/changelog $pkgdir/usr/share/doc/nvidia-prime/changelog.gz |
| install -m644 $srcdir/nvidia-prime/debian/copyright $pkgdir/usr/share/doc/nvidia-prime/copyright |
| > |
| # vim:set ts=2 sw=2 et: |