libsidplay on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 05,2024

1. Install "libsidplay" 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 libsidplay on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall libsidplay on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1344689
Name: libsidplay
PackageBaseID: 199092
PackageBase: libsidplay
Version: 1.36.59-10
Description: A library for playing SID music files.
URL: https://critical.ch/distfiles/
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0.066575
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: winnie_ua
Submitter: winnie_ua
FirstSubmitted: 1698687672
LastModified: 1698687672
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/libsidplay.tar.gz