chromium-wayland-vaapi on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "chromium-wayland-vaapi" 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 chromium-wayland-vaapi on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                chromium-wayland-vaapi
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall chromium-wayland-vaapi on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                chromium-wayland-vaapi
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "chromium-wayland-vaapi" 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 chromium-wayland-vaapi's git locally


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


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

ID: 1373543
Name: chromium-wayland-vaapi
PackageBaseID: 173515
PackageBase: chromium-wayland-vaapi
Version: 120.0.6099.129-1
Description: Chromium, patched to enable VA-API video decoding on the Ozone Wayland backend
URL: https://www.chromium.org/Home
NumVotes: 20
Popularity: 0.312824
OutOfDate: 1708669499
Maintainer: mars
Submitter: hedgepigdaniel
FirstSubmitted: 1638177418
LastModified: 1703167857
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/chromium-wayland-vaapi.tar.gz