vlc-bittorrent on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 24,2024

1. Install "vlc-bittorrent" 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 vlc-bittorrent on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                vlc-bittorrent
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall vlc-bittorrent on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                vlc-bittorrent
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "vlc-bittorrent" 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 vlc-bittorrent's git locally


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


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

ID: 1151219
Name: vlc-bittorrent
PackageBaseID: 138425
PackageBase: vlc-bittorrent
Version: 2.14-1
Description: A bittorrent plugin for VLC.
URL: https://github.com/johang/vlc-bittorrent
NumVotes: 9
Popularity: 0.790926
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Juma7C9
Submitter: Juma7C9
FirstSubmitted: 1546261874
LastModified: 1665527493
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/vlc-bittorrent.tar.gz