amarok on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: March 12,2025

1. Install "amarok" 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 amarok on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall amarok on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1337772
Name: amarok
PackageBaseID: 135469
PackageBase: amarok
Version: 2.9.71-5
Description: The powerful music player for KDE
URL: http://amarok.kde.org/
NumVotes: 42
Popularity: 0.57734
OutOfDate: 1708603519
Maintainer: frealgagu
Submitter: arojas
FirstSubmitted: 1535464351
LastModified: 1697918026
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/amarok.tar.gz