bluealsa on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 07,2025

1. Install "bluealsa" 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 bluealsa on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall bluealsa on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1279814
Name: bluealsa
PackageBaseID: 178272
PackageBase: bluealsa
Version: 4.1.1-1
Description: Bluetooth audio ALSA backend
URL: https://github.com/Arkq/bluez-alsa
NumVotes: 2
Popularity: 1.4E-5
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: rern
Submitter: rern
FirstSubmitted: 1650865506
LastModified: 1687937380
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/bluealsa.tar.gz