Follow this guide to install flatpak and setup the flathub repository.
You can then install mpv various ways:
By visiting https://flathub.org/apps/details/io.mpv.Mpv and clicking install, this will open Discover, Gnome Software or another GUI package installation program.
By using a GUI package installation program like Discover or Gnome Software, search for mpv and click install.
By using a command line interface:
Install only for your user: flatpak --user install io.mpv.Mpv
Install systemwide: flatpak install io.mpv.Mpv
From a command line:
flatpak run io.mpv.Mpv
You can also create an alias by running the following command:
echo "alias mpv='flatpak run io.mpv.Mpv'" >> ~/.bashrc && source ~/.bashrc
Then you can use the command mpv in a terminal.
Another method is creating an executable shell script called mpv inside of your path with the following:
echo '
#!/bin/sh
flatpak run io.mpv.Mpv "$@"
' > mpv
Make it executable with chmod +x mpv
The date and version are automatically updated when building mpv.
If you want to test changes to the io.mpv.Mpv.yml file you can build this repository from source.
Install flatpak-builder using your package manager. If it's not available, install it through flatpak: flatpak install flathub org.flatpak.Builder
Download the SDK used by io.mpv.Mpv.yml (see the file for the current version):
flatpak --user install flathub org.freedesktop.Platform//22.08 org.freedesktop.Sdk//22.08
Clone this repository:
git clone https://github.com/flathub/io.mpv.Mpv.git
cd io.mpv.Mpv
Build and install the project:
flatpak-builder --user --install --force-clean build-dir io.mpv.Mpv.yml
If you're testing changes and don't want to recheck any of the remote sources:
flatpak-builder --user --install --force-clean --disable-download build-dir io.mpv.Mpv.yml
Install flatpak-external-data-checker:
flatpak install --from https://dl.flathub.org/repo/appstream/org.flathub.flatpak-external-data-checker.flatpakref
Clone this repository:
git clone https://github.com/flathub/io.mpv.Mpv.git
Run flatpak-external-data-checker:
flatpak run --filesystem="$(realpath io.mpv.Mpv)" org.flathub.flatpak-external-data-checker io.mpv.Mpv/io.mpv.Mpv.yml
If you run into errors and want more verbose output, append the -v flag:
flatpak run --filesystem="$(realpath io.mpv.Mpv)" org.flathub.flatpak-external-data-checker io.mpv.Mpv/io.mpv.Mpv.yml -v