openh264 on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 16,2024

1. Install "openh264" 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 openh264 on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S openh264

* (Optional) Uninstall openh264 on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns openh264

2. Manually Install "openh264" via AUR

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

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

b. Clone openh264's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/openh264.git ~/openh264

c. Go to ~/openh264 folder and install it

$ cd ~/openh264 $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the openh264 package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1031339
Name: openh264
PackageBaseID: 96115
PackageBase: openh264
Version: 2.2.0-2
Description: OpenH264 is a codec library which supports H.264 encoding and decoding
URL: http://www.openh264.org/
NumVotes: 103
Popularity: 1.261096
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: drakkan
FirstSubmitted: 1437206286
LastModified: 1643963111
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/openh264.tar.gz

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