how to install Frostwire

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How to install Frostwire via tar.gz file?

@vinoman you do not enable AUR support on installation?

you can build and install over package manager (pamac) the only thing you need to do is to enable AUR support inside its settings and install pacaur or yaourt.

hen you can use package manager to do so…

or use terminal:

sudo pacman -S pacaur
pacaur -S frostwire

@joekamprad said in how to install Frostwire:

sudo pacman -S pacaur

Thank you!

[solved]

Frostwire is not the latest version in AUR (6.6.0 vs. 6.6.1).
Using AUR would be much easier, but if you really want to use the tarball, then you can do this:

su
cd /opt
tar xvfz /home/<USERNAME>/Downloads/frostwire-6.6.1.noarch.tar.gz  # this is where you downloaded it!
ln -s frostwire-6.6.1.noarch frostwire
ln -s /opt/frostwire/frostwire /usr/local/bin/frostwire

Replace <USERNAME> with your user name.
The contents of the tarball will be in /opt/frostwire* and a symlink in /usr/local/bin will point to it.
You may copy /opt/frostwire/frostwire.desktop to your desktop if you will, but you need to edit that desktop file, line

Exec=/usr/bin/frostwire %U

to

Exec=frostwire %U

@manuel i would not recommend to do so, better to change the PKGBUILD to new version or just wait… …

@joekamprad I agree. Just wanted to show how to install an external package, if really needed.

# Maintainer: liberodark

pkgname=frostwire
pkgver=6.6.1
pkgrel=248
pkgdesc="FrostWire is a free and easy Downloader, BitTorrent Client and Media Player"
arch=('x86_64')
url="http://www.frostwire.com"
license=('custom')
depends=('xdg-utils' 'jre8-openjdk')
optdepends=('mplayer')
source_x86_64=("http://dl.frostwire.com/frostwire/6.6.1/frostwire-${pkgver}.noarch.tar.gz")
source=($pkgname.desktop
        $pkgname.png)
sha512sums=('03cb518e110d09dfe9eb3391d43bb61516f12afe45a94fec022747c9a45e482598935912b687480c6423b1cae1550de5e87e6ad0119f2067f961b6e5e6cd5b9a'
            'f0172d8d8435ddbc96e3f3e8ce6f09869ade1b9a32ef3930ae2f8b2522af121f6b2d37e9e8eb081561715845d9bb73f027c848a3756126d3ac989a861bfe2a4e')
sha512sums_x86_64=('d3d39b9d2d93f18c3d9d12c088b7cb813743dac902704da4f5e454b3f597867073ffaea56d4f1f2463714e59e3febe2bbd53ca3c2aa5964f1c937cc93830c14e')
        
package() {
  cd $srcdir
  tar xvf frostwire-${pkgver}.noarch.tar.gz
  mkdir -p "$pkgdir/usr/bin/frostwire/"
  cp -r "frostwire-${pkgver}.noarch/." "$pkgdir/usr/bin/frostwire/"
  install -vDm644 $srcdir/$pkgname.desktop $pkgdir/usr/share/applications/$pkgname.desktop
  install -vDm644 $srcdir/$pkgname.png $pkgdir/usr/share/pixmaps/$pkgname.png
}