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yandex-music-linux
About
Native YandexMusic client for Linux. Built using repacking of Windows client (Electron app).
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Installation
Arch Linux
AUR
You can obtain the latest version of package from AUR using one of the AUR Helpers. Then install it with yandex-music as package name.
For this example I will use yay
yay -S yandex-music
Binary package file
Download prebuilt binary package from Releases section.
Then you can install it with the following command
pacman -U yandex-music-<version>-any.pkg.tar.zst
Debian/Ubuntu
APT
Package is currently unavailable at APT. We're still working on it
Binary package file
Download prebuilt binary package from Releases section.
Then you can install it with the following command
dpkg -i yandex-music_<version>_<arch>.deb
Manual Build
Prerequisites
That's the list of packages you might need to install to be able to manually build the app. However, you should remember that it might be different for your distro/machine.
- nodejs
- npm
- jq
- 7z (p7zip)
- unzip
- python
In addition you will need to install Asar tool with npm. I recommend install it globally with the following command
npm install -g @electron/asar
Last step is to download original client .exe file. You can get it yourself or take link to the latest version from ./utility/version_info.json file.
Extract app only
If you only want to get extracted app project with applied patches, you can use the following command:
sh repack.sh -x [-o OUTPUT_DIR default=./app] <YM.exe>
ASAR archive
.asar is archive file that containes all electron app resources and information, but doesn't hold Electron binaries. If you have .asar file you can launch app using electron <app>.asar. You can build this archive with the following command:
sh repack.sh [-o OUTPUT_DIR default=./app] <YM.exe>
Arch Linux
You can build pacman package file manually using PKGBUILD file from the this repository. Run following commands in folder with PKGBUILD file inside to get .pkg.tar.zst package:
pacman -S electron libpulse
makepkg
Debian/Ubuntu
You can build .deb binary package using the following command:
sh build_deb.sh [-a <x64|armv7l|arm64|all> default=x64]
Run with nix
The yandex-music package has unlicensed license, so you need to have
allowUnfree option enabled.
Run with flakes
Execute next to build and run yandex music directly from github
nix run github:cucumber-sp/yandex-music-linux
Run old style
Execute next in this repository to build yandex-music package without using flakes.
nix-build --expr '(import <nixpkgs> {}).callPackage ./nix {}'
Install to NixOS
This flake exports modules list. Append it to your system modules and add
yandex-music package to environment.systemPackages.