How To Install Light In Arch And Fedora?

How To Install Light In Arch And Fedora?

light

CLI to control the backlight of your screen.

Install light

  • Arch Linux pacman -S light Click to copy
  • Fedora dnf install light Click to copy

CLI to control the backlight of your screen.

How to use light?

Below are few example commands for light that you can use in the terminal.

Get the current backlight value in percent:
lightClick to copy
Set the backlight value to 50 percent:
light -S 50Click to copy
Reduce 20 percent from the current backlight value:
light -U 20Click to copy
Add 20 percent to the current backlight value:
light -A 20Click to copy
Installation of latest light command is available for Arch and Fedora. You can copy the command for your OS from above and paste it into your terminal. Once you run the command it will download the 2026 latest package from the repository and install it in your computer/server.