mpv-build-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: March 09,2025

1. Install "mpv-build-git" 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 mpv-build-git on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                mpv-build-git
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall mpv-build-git on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                mpv-build-git
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "mpv-build-git" 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 mpv-build-git's git locally


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


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

ID: 1419669
Name: mpv-build-git
PackageBaseID: 73269
PackageBase: mpv-build-git
Version: 0.37.0.469.g1a649afbad-1
Description: Video player based on MPlayer/mplayer2 (uses statically linked ffmpeg). (GIT version)
URL: http://mpv.io
NumVotes: 31
Popularity: 0.021378
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: sl1pkn07
Submitter: sl1pkn07
FirstSubmitted: 1378638825
LastModified: 1709413624
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/mpv-build-git.tar.gz