mplayer2 on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 23,2024

Deprecated! Installation of this package may no longer be supported.

1. Install "mplayer2" 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 mplayer2 on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall mplayer2 on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "mplayer2" 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 mplayer2's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/mplayer2.git 
            
                        
                ~/mplayer2
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/mplayer2 folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/mplayer2
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the mplayer2 package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 559078
Name: mplayer2
PackageBaseID: 74016
PackageBase: mplayer2
Version: 20131009-14
Description: Advanced general-purpose media player. A fork of the original MPlayer project
URL: https://github.com/nezumisama/mplayer2
NumVotes: 49
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: applebloom
Submitter: Barthalion
FirstSubmitted: 1380882637
LastModified: 1541965275
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/mplayer2.tar.gz