emulationstation on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 30,2024

1. Install "emulationstation" 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 emulationstation on Arch using YAY


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


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


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


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

ID: 1243599
Name: emulationstation
PackageBaseID: 126331
PackageBase: emulationstation
Version: 2.11.2-1
Description: Emulation Station is a flexible emulator front-end supporting keyboardless navigation and custom system themes.
URL: https://github.com/RetroPie/EmulationStation
NumVotes: 17
Popularity: 0.425253
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Bkacjios
Submitter: postblue
FirstSubmitted: 1507984618
LastModified: 1681923575
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/emulationstation.tar.gz