plex-media-player on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 23,2024

1. Install "plex-media-player" 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 plex-media-player on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                plex-media-player
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall plex-media-player on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                plex-media-player
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "plex-media-player" 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 plex-media-player's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/plex-media-player.git 
            
                        
                ~/plex-media-player
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/plex-media-player folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/plex-media-player
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the plex-media-player package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1062687
Name: plex-media-player
PackageBaseID: 103947
PackageBase: plex-media-player
Version: 2.58.1-3
Description: Next generation Plex Desktop Client
URL: https://github.com/plexinc/plex-media-player
NumVotes: 109
Popularity: 0.321568
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Maintainer: ombre
Submitter: TingPing
FirstSubmitted: 1448820652
LastModified: 1649276876
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/plex-media-player.tar.gz