pidgin-sound on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 16,2024

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


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


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


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


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

ID: 204419
Name: pidgin-sound
PackageBaseID: 29504
PackageBase: pidgin-sound
Version: 1.2.1-1
Description: A plugin that adds sounds for some sound notifications to pidgin (e.g. 'Incoming Filetransfer' or 'Authentication requested')
URL: http://pidgin-sound.sourceforge.net/
NumVotes: 27
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: PhotonX
Submitter: PhotonX
FirstSubmitted: 1250866274
LastModified: 1435561989
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/pidgin-sound.tar.gz