ffmpeg-compat-58 on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "ffmpeg-compat-58" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)

$ sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si

b. Install ffmpeg-compat-58 on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S ffmpeg-compat-58

* (Optional) Uninstall ffmpeg-compat-58 on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns ffmpeg-compat-58

2. Manually Install "ffmpeg-compat-58" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:

$ sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

b. Clone ffmpeg-compat-58's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/ffmpeg-compat-58.git ~/ffmpeg-compat-58

c. Go to ~/ffmpeg-compat-58 folder and install it

$ cd ~/ffmpeg-compat-58 $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the ffmpeg-compat-58 package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1096083
Name: ffmpeg-compat-58
PackageBaseID: 166880
PackageBase: ffmpeg-compat-58
Version: 4.4.2-2
Description: Compatibility package for ffmpeg to provide versions 58 of libavcodec, libavdevice and libavformat, not anymore provided by ffmpeg-git
URL: http://ffmpeg.org/
NumVotes: 2
Popularity: 0.060878
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: MarsSeed
FirstSubmitted: 1620975918
LastModified: 1654778763
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/ffmpeg-compat-58.tar.gz