pidgin-musictracker on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 23,2025

1. Install "pidgin-musictracker" 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 pidgin-musictracker on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                pidgin-musictracker
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall pidgin-musictracker on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                pidgin-musictracker
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "pidgin-musictracker" 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 pidgin-musictracker's git locally


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


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

ID: 342769
Name: pidgin-musictracker
PackageBaseID: 66581
PackageBase: pidgin-musictracker
Version: 0.4.22-6
Description: A plugin for Pidgin which displays the music track currently playing.
URL: http://code.google.com/p/pidgin-musictracker
NumVotes: 16
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: SanskritFritz
Submitter: xyproto
FirstSubmitted: 1359038016
LastModified: 1475236239
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/pidgin-musictracker.tar.gz