mpvpaper on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 25,2024

1. Install "mpvpaper" 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 mpvpaper on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall mpvpaper on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1348738
Name: mpvpaper
PackageBaseID: 157584
PackageBase: mpvpaper
Version: 1.4-1
Description: video wallpaper program for wlroots based wayland compositors
URL: https://github.com/GhostNaN/mpvpaper
NumVotes: 5
Popularity: 0.02834
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: TrialnError
Submitter: TrialnError
FirstSubmitted: 1599768685
LastModified: 1699302972
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/mpvpaper.tar.gz