mingw-w64-sdl2 on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 05,2025

1. Install "mingw-w64-sdl2" 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 mingw-w64-sdl2 on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                mingw-w64-sdl2
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall mingw-w64-sdl2 on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                mingw-w64-sdl2
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "mingw-w64-sdl2" 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 mingw-w64-sdl2's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/mingw-w64-sdl2.git 
            
                        
                ~/mingw-w64-sdl2
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/mingw-w64-sdl2 folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/mingw-w64-sdl2
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the mingw-w64-sdl2 package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1417778
Name: mingw-w64-sdl2
PackageBaseID: 71353
PackageBase: mingw-w64-sdl2
Version: 2.30.0-1
Description: A library for portable low-level access to a video framebuffer, audio output, mouse, and keyboard (Version 2) (mingw-w64)
URL: http://libsdl.org
NumVotes: 25
Popularity: 0.005137
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: edub4rt
Submitter: Schala
FirstSubmitted: 1372294688
LastModified: 1709175015
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/mingw-w64-sdl2.tar.gz