octave-video on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "octave-video" 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 octave-video on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                octave-video
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall octave-video on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                octave-video
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "octave-video" 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 octave-video's git locally


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


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

ID: 1289305
Name: octave-video
PackageBaseID: 105029
PackageBase: octave-video
Version: 2.1.1-1
Description: A wrapper for ffmpeg's libavformat and libavcodec, implementing addframe, avifile, aviinfo and aviread.
URL: https://gnu-octave.github.io/packages/video/
NumVotes: 4
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: pingplug
Submitter: wangjiezhe
FirstSubmitted: 1450922429
LastModified: 1689434064
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/octave-video.tar.gz