ffmpeg3.4 on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 13,2024

1. Install "ffmpeg3.4" 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 ffmpeg3.4 on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S ffmpeg3.4

* (Optional) Uninstall ffmpeg3.4 on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns ffmpeg3.4

2. Manually Install "ffmpeg3.4" via AUR

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

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

b. Clone ffmpeg3.4's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/ffmpeg3.4.git ~/ffmpeg3.4

c. Go to ~/ffmpeg3.4 folder and install it

$ cd ~/ffmpeg3.4 $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the ffmpeg3.4 package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1309483
Name: ffmpeg3.4
PackageBaseID: 179237
PackageBase: ffmpeg3.4
Version: 3.4.13-1
Description: Library to record, convert and stream audio and video (legacy v3.4 branch, with libavcodec v57)
URL: https://ffmpeg.org
NumVotes: 26
Popularity: 3.7E-5
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: MarsSeed
Submitter: MarsSeed
FirstSubmitted: 1653783138
LastModified: 1693093004
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/ffmpeg3.4.tar.gz