How to install clight on AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux & RHEL
Turns your webcam into a light sensor
Availability
| Distro | aarch64 | noarch | x86_64 | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 10 | — | — | — | |
| RHEL 9 | — | — | — | |
| RHEL 8 | — | — | ✓ | 4.0 |
| RHEL 7 | — | — | — | |
| RHEL 6 | — | — | — |
Description
Clight is a C user daemon utility that aims to fully manage your display. It will automagically change screen backlight level to match ambient brightness, as computed by capturing frames from webcam. Moreover, it can manage your screen temperature, just like redshift does. Finally, it can dim your screen after a timeout.
Compatible with all RHEL-based distributions, including CentOS, AlmaLinux, Oracle Linux, Rocky Linux, etc.
Install
clight on AlmaLinux / Rocky Linux / Oracle Linux / RHEL 8
sudo dnf -y install https://extras.getpagespeed.com/release-latest.rpm sudo dnf -y install clight
Package downloads require an active GetPageSpeed subscription — one repository for clight and 3,000+ more packages across every maintained Enterprise Linux release.
Subscribe — from $10/moFrequently asked questions
How do I install clight on AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux or RHEL?
Add the GetPageSpeed repository, then run: sudo dnf -y install clight (use yum on EL7). The same package works on AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux, CentOS Stream and RHEL.
Which Enterprise Linux versions is clight available for?
clight is available for RHEL 8 and the matching AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux and Oracle Linux releases.
Is clight compatible with Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux and CentOS Stream?
Yes. The RPM is built for Enterprise Linux and is binary-compatible across all RHEL rebuilds of the same major version, including AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux and CentOS Stream.