mingw-w64-x264 on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "mingw-w64-x264" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)

$ sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si

b. Install mingw-w64-x264 on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S mingw-w64-x264

* (Optional) Uninstall mingw-w64-x264 on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns mingw-w64-x264

2. Manually Install "mingw-w64-x264" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:

$ sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

b. Clone mingw-w64-x264's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/mingw-w64-x264.git ~/mingw-w64-x264

c. Go to ~/mingw-w64-x264 folder and install it

$ cd ~/mingw-w64-x264 $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the mingw-w64-x264 package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1332179
Name: mingw-w64-x264
PackageBaseID: 71033
PackageBase: mingw-w64-x264
Version: 3:0.164.r3108.31e19f9-1
Description: Open Source H264/AVC video encoder (mingw-w64)
URL: http://www.videolan.org/developers/x264.html
NumVotes: 6
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: kfg
Submitter: kfg
FirstSubmitted: 1371337426
LastModified: 1697021393
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/mingw-w64-x264.tar.gz