librespot on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: June 17,2024

1. Install "librespot" 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 librespot on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall librespot on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1200273
Name: librespot
PackageBaseID: 163545
PackageBase: librespot
Version: 0.4.2-1
Description: Open source client library for Spotify
URL: https://github.com/librespot-org/librespot
NumVotes: 3
Popularity: 5.4E-5
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: FirstAirBender
Submitter: flipflop97
FirstSubmitted: 1613829546
LastModified: 1674355704
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/librespot.tar.gz