whatmp3 on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 30,2024

1. Install "whatmp3" 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 whatmp3 on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall whatmp3 on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "whatmp3" 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 whatmp3's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/whatmp3.git 
            
                        
                ~/whatmp3
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/whatmp3 folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/whatmp3
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the whatmp3 package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 920437
Name: whatmp3
PackageBaseID: 35540
PackageBase: whatmp3
Version: 3.8-1
Description: A small Python script that accepts a list of directories containing FLAC files as arguments and converts them to MP3 with the specified options. It can optionally create a torrent file.
URL: https://github.com/RecursiveForest/whatmp3
NumVotes: 29
Popularity: 0.001575
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: mutantmonkey
Submitter: mutantmonkey
FirstSubmitted: 1268870017
LastModified: 1623542637
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/whatmp3.tar.gz