foobar2000 on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 10,2024

1. Install "foobar2000" 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 foobar2000 on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall foobar2000 on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "foobar2000" 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 foobar2000's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/foobar2000.git 
            
                        
                ~/foobar2000
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/foobar2000 folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/foobar2000
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the foobar2000 package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1418964
Name: foobar2000
PackageBaseID: 37068
PackageBase: foobar2000
Version: 2.1.2-1
Description: An advanced freeware audio player (uses Wine)
URL: https://www.foobar2000.org
NumVotes: 66
Popularity: 0.388969
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: supermario
Submitter:
FirstSubmitted: 1273255356
LastModified: 1709306213
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/foobar2000.tar.gz