castnow-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 05,2025

1. Install "castnow-git" 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 castnow-git on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                castnow-git
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall castnow-git on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                castnow-git
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "castnow-git" 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 castnow-git's git locally


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


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

ID: 1010234
Name: castnow-git
PackageBaseID: 98600
PackageBase: castnow-git
Version: 0.4.14.r79.g0e1746b-1
Description: Command-line utility used to play back media files on your Chromecast device
URL: https://github.com/xat/castnow
NumVotes: 61
Popularity: 0.245309
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: fungible
Submitter: archlinuxfr
FirstSubmitted: 1440614289
LastModified: 1640585614
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/castnow-git.tar.gz