playerctl-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 12,2024

1. Install "playerctl-git" 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 playerctl-git on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S playerctl-git

* (Optional) Uninstall playerctl-git on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns playerctl-git

2. Manually Install "playerctl-git" via AUR

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

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

b. Clone playerctl-git's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/playerctl-git.git ~/playerctl-git

c. Go to ~/playerctl-git folder and install it

$ cd ~/playerctl-git $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the playerctl-git package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 937676
Name: playerctl-git
PackageBaseID: 102672
PackageBase: playerctl-git
Version: 2.3.1.r25.g7cad212-1
Description: mpris media player controller and lib for spotify, vlc, audacious, bmp, xmms2, and others.
URL: https://github.com/acrisci/playerctl
NumVotes: 6
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Atif
Submitter: freundTech
FirstSubmitted: 1446207035
LastModified: 1626929109
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/playerctl-git.tar.gz