twitch-dl on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 02,2025

1. Install "twitch-dl" 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 twitch-dl on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall twitch-dl on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "twitch-dl" 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 twitch-dl's git locally


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


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

ID: 1319476
Name: twitch-dl
PackageBaseID: 171388
PackageBase: twitch-dl
Version: 2.1.3-1
Description: Twitch video downloader that use multiple concurrent connections
URL: https://github.com/ihabunek/twitch-dl
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: igor-dyatlov
Submitter: igor-dyatlov
FirstSubmitted: 1632671666
LastModified: 1694813290
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/twitch-dl.tar.gz