polybar-spotify on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 29,2024

1. Install "polybar-spotify" 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 polybar-spotify on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                polybar-spotify
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall polybar-spotify on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                polybar-spotify
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "polybar-spotify" 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 polybar-spotify's git locally


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


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

ID: 804996
Name: polybar-spotify
PackageBaseID: 158708
PackageBase: polybar-spotify
Version: 20200619_b5c59238a17180affae5232c234175524a17d1c4-3
Description: Spotify now-playing info in polybar
URL: https://github.com/Jvanrhijn/polybar-spotify
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: OJFord
Submitter: OJFord
FirstSubmitted: 1602596404
LastModified: 1602795551
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/polybar-spotify.tar.gz