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Also please add the mandatory fftw dependency (shown here as required).

On a typical Arch based system, I believe it is likely already installed. But users can change some packages that eliminate the need for it; hence, it is possible to have adequate multimedia libraries installed but without fftw. Better to make sure Amarok has it.

Hi,

TLDR; I think you might have to change dependency qt5-script to qt5-declarative.

As far as I see, the last v2.9.71 version eliminated the dependency qt5-script.

Instead, developer implemented relying on QJSEngine, which belongs to Qt QML.

If I am not mistaken, both Qt QML and QJSEngine are part of the qt5-declarative package.

@edarblanco ffmpeg have been updated, amarok need to be rebuilded

Hi, missing shared libraries amarok: error while loading shared libraries: libavformat.so.59: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

If you want faster compilation, change PKGBUILD to use "make -j$(nproc)"

@jsjolund the correct way is to configure it in makepkg.conf

@eduardolucioac please encapsulate that text with 3 backticks (`) at the top and bottom of the text

@eduardolucioac Compiling in clean chroot on Arch works

@eduardolucioac @torrente I had compiled it and uploaded https://sourceforge.net/projects/fabiololix-os-archive/files/Packages/ , however you need to build taglib-extras

It's not compiling... 😓

Final log snippet...

/var/tmp/pamac-build-eduardolac/amarok-git/src/amarok/src/musicbrainz/MusicDNSAudioDecoder.cpp:269:58: warning: ‘AVCodecContext::channels’ is deprecated [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
  269 |                     for( int i = 0; i < qMin( pCodecCtx->channels, 2 ); i++ )
      |                                                          ^~~~~~~~
/usr/include/libavcodec/avcodec.h:1006:9: note: declared here
 1006 |     int channels;
      |         ^~~~~~~~
/var/tmp/pamac-build-eduardolac/amarok-git/src/amarok/src/musicbrainz/MusicDNSAudioDecoder.cpp:269:58: warning: ‘AVCodecContext::channels’ is deprecated [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
  269 |                     for( int i = 0; i < qMin( pCodecCtx->channels, 2 ); i++ )
      |                                                          ^~~~~~~~
/usr/include/libavcodec/avcodec.h:1006:9: note: declared here
 1006 |     int channels;
      |         ^~~~~~~~
In file included from /usr/include/qt/QtCore/qdebug.h:49,
                 from /usr/include/qt/QtCore/QDebug:1,
                 from /var/tmp/pamac-build-eduardolac/amarok-git/src/amarok/src/core/support/Debug.h:28:
/usr/include/qt/QtCore/qtextstream.h:293:75: note: declared here
  293 | Q_CORE_EXPORT QT_DEPRECATED_VERSION_X(5, 15, "Use Qt::endl") QTextStream &endl(QTextStream &s);
      |                                                                           ^~~~
/var/tmp/pamac-build-eduardolac/amarok-git/src/amarok/src/musicbrainz/MusicDNSAudioDecoder.cpp:280:9: error: ‘av_free_packet’ was not declared in this scope; did you mean ‘av_new_packet’?
  280 |         av_free_packet( &packet );
      |         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      |         av_new_packet
/var/tmp/pamac-build-eduardolac/amarok-git/src/amarok/src/musicbrainz/MusicDNSAudioDecoder.cpp:286:5: error: ‘av_free_packet’ was not declared in this scope; did you mean ‘av_new_packet’?
  286 |     av_free_packet( &avpkt );
      |     ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      |     av_new_packet
make[2]: *** [src/CMakeFiles/amaroklib.dir/build.make:6678: src/CMakeFiles/amaroklib.dir/musicbrainz/MusicDNSAudioDecoder.cpp.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
/var/tmp/pamac-build-eduardolac/amarok-git/src/amarok/src/musicbrainz/MusicDNSFinder.cpp: In member function ‘void MusicDNSFinder::sendNewRequest()’:
/var/tmp/pamac-build-eduardolac/amarok-git/src/amarok/src/musicbrainz/MusicDNSFinder.cpp:82:63: warning: ‘void QNetworkReply::error(NetworkError)’ is deprecated: Use QNetworkReply::errorOccurred(QNetworkReply::NetworkError) instead [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
   82 |     connect( reply, QOverload<QNetworkReply::NetworkError>::of(&QNetworkReply::error),
      |                     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In file included from /usr/include/qt/QtNetwork/QNetworkReply:1,
                 from /var/tmp/pamac-build-eduardolac/amarok-git/src/amarok/src/network/NetworkAccessManagerProxy.h:26,
                 from /var/tmp/pamac-build-eduardolac/amarok-git/src/amarok/src/musicbrainz/MusicDNSFinder.h:24,
                 from /var/tmp/pamac-build-eduardolac/amarok-git/src/amarok/src/musicbrainz/MusicDNSFinder.cpp:19:
/usr/include/qt/QtNetwork/qnetworkreply.h:161:10: note: declared here
  161 |     void error(QNetworkReply::NetworkError);
      |          ^~~~~
/var/tmp/pamac-build-eduardolac/amarok-git/src/amarok/src/musicbrainz/MusicDNSFinder.cpp:82:63: warning: ‘void QNetworkReply::error(NetworkError)’ is deprecated: Use QNetworkReply::errorOccurred(QNetworkReply::NetworkError) instead [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
   82 |     connect( reply, QOverload<QNetworkReply::NetworkError>::of(&QNetworkReply::error),
      |                     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/include/qt/QtNetwork/qnetworkreply.h:161:10: note: declared here
  161 |     void error(QNetworkReply::NetworkError);
      |          ^~~~~
/var/tmp/pamac-build-eduardolac/amarok-git/src/amarok/src/musicbrainz/MusicDNSFinder.cpp: In member function ‘void MusicDNSFinder::replyError(QNetworkReply::NetworkError)’:
/var/tmp/pamac-build-eduardolac/amarok-git/src/amarok/src/musicbrainz/MusicDNSFinder.cpp:118:66: warning: ‘void QNetworkReply::error(NetworkError)’ is deprecated: Use QNetworkReply::errorOccurred(QNetworkReply::NetworkError) instead [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
  118 |     disconnect( reply, QOverload<QNetworkReply::NetworkError>::of(&QNetworkReply::error),
      |                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/include/qt/QtNetwork/qnetworkreply.h:161:10: note: declared here
  161 |     void error(QNetworkReply::NetworkError);
      |          ^~~~~
/var/tmp/pamac-build-eduardolac/amarok-git/src/amarok/src/musicbrainz/MusicDNSFinder.cpp:118:66: warning: ‘void QNetworkReply::error(NetworkError)’ is deprecated: Use QNetworkReply::errorOccurred(QNetworkReply::NetworkError) instead [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
  118 |     disconnect( reply, QOverload<QNetworkReply::NetworkError>::of(&QNetworkReply::error),
      |                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/include/qt/QtNetwork/qnetworkreply.h:161:10: note: declared here
  161 |     void error(QNetworkReply::NetworkError);
      |          ^~~~~
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/Makefile2:8312: src/CMakeFiles/amaroklib.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [Makefile:146: all] Error 2
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build().
    Aborting...

@torrente If you want faster compilation, change PKGBUILD to use "make -j$(nproc)"

@torrente making -bin pkgbuild of user compiled Arch packages isn't welcome at all

Please keep an amarok-bin AUR, containing the versions you compile...

However, once loaded it won't play any music files. Library scan went fine, but any file gets queued for play and then there is no output (and no progress indicating that amarok thinks something is playing either).

This could be caused by missing the proper codec packages for your audio files. This package does not list any codecs as dependencies, presumably because the Phonon API allows you to choose one of two backends (phonon-qt5-gstreamer or phonon-qt5-vlc), and the codecs are technically dependencies of the backend. The Arch Wiki article about KDE includes a section about Phonon which explains how this works.

Consult the Wiki's article about codecs to figure out which packages you will need to play your files. Be sure to check the section about backends near the bottom and follow the links that are relevant to the backend you chose when installing Phonon. (GStreamer was the default selection when last I checked.) You may need to restart Amarok after installing the codecs.