bplay on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "bplay" 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 bplay on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall bplay on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 188156
Name: bplay
PackageBaseID: 33584
PackageBase: bplay
Version: 0.991-2
Description: Play/record audio files from the command-line (formats: sample, VOC and WAV)
URL: http://packages.debian.org/en/sid/bplay
NumVotes: 7
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: tokland
Submitter: tokland
FirstSubmitted: 1263497853
LastModified: 1433838800
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/bplay.tar.gz