diff --git a/packaging/arch/PKGBUILD b/packaging/arch/PKGBUILD
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+# $Id$
+# Maintainer: Patrick Hüther <patrick dot huether at gmail dot com>
+pkgname=solaar
+pkgver=0.8.7
+pkgrel=1
+pkgdesc="Linux devices manager for the Logitech Unifying Receiver"
+arch=("any")
+url="http://pwr.github.com/Solaar/"
+license=('GPL')
+depends=(
+      'systemd' 'python' 'python-pyudev'
+      )
+optdepends=(
+      'gtk3: required for GUI application' 
+      'gobject-introspection: required for GUI application'
+      'python-gobject: required for GUI application'
+      )
+install=solaar.install
+source=("https://github.com/pwr/Solaar/archive/$pkgver.tar.gz")
+md5sums=('6b61313b0b113ffcd38b1d6ffbaf5ba3')
+
+package() {
+  cd "$srcdir/Solaar-$pkgver"
+  python setup.py install --root="$pkgdir/" --optimize=1
+}
+#vim: set ft=PKGBUILD sw=2 ts=2 et
diff --git a/packaging/arch/solaar.install b/packaging/arch/solaar.install
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+## arg 1:  the new package version
+post_install() {
+  echo "Installing udev rules..."
+  echo "Please make sure the plugdev group exists on your system and your user is a member"
+  touch "/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/99-logitech-unifying-receiver.rules"
+  echo 'ACTION=="add", KERNEL=="hidraw*", ATTRS{idVendor}=="046d", ATTRS{idProduct}=="c52b", GROUP="plugdev", MODE="0660"' > "/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/99-logitech-unifying-receiver.rules"
+  chmod a+r "/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/99-logitech-unifying-receiver.rules"
+  echo "Reloading udev rules..."
+  udevadm control --reload-rules
+  echo "Done. Now remove the Unfiying Receiver, wait 10 seconds and plug it in again."
+  }
+post_remove() {
+  echo "Removing udev rules"
+  rm "/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/99-logitech-unifying-receiver.rules"
+  udevadm control --reload-rules
+}
+# vim:set ts=2 sw=2 et: