libgav1 on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 07,2025

1. Install "libgav1" 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 libgav1 on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall libgav1 on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "libgav1" 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 libgav1's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/libgav1.git 
            
                        
                ~/libgav1
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/libgav1 folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/libgav1
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libgav1 package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1200142
Name: libgav1
PackageBaseID: 156613
PackageBase: libgav1
Version: 0.18.0-1
Description: A main profile (0) and high profile (1) compliant AV1 decoder
URL: https://chromium.googlesource.com/codecs/libgav1/
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: dbermond
Submitter: dbermond
FirstSubmitted: 1597095974
LastModified: 1674320745
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/libgav1.tar.gz