chromium-widevine on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 17,2024

1. Install "chromium-widevine" 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-widevine on Arch using YAY


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


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


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


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

ID: 1411948
Name: chromium-widevine
PackageBaseID: 92263
PackageBase: chromium-widevine
Version: 1:4.10.2710.0-1
Description: A browser plugin designed for the viewing of premium video content
URL: https://www.widevine.com/
NumVotes: 419
Popularity: 0.094827
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: shyamin
Submitter: Scimmia
FirstSubmitted: 1429247132
LastModified: 1708355847
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/chromium-widevine.tar.gz