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WIDEVINE-INSTALLER(1) User Commands WIDEVINE-INSTALLER(1)

NAME

widevine-installer - install the Widevine library on arm64 systems

SYNOPSIS

widevine-installer

USAGE

Run widevine-installer as root. The script will download the library from Google's repositories, unpack it, patch it (if necessary) and install it to /var/lib/widevine together with the relevant configuration files.

Note that some media platforms still require you to change your browser's User-Agent in order to reproduce content with Widevine.

Widevine is not free software. Its usage is subject to terms and conditions. Please refer to https://widevine.com/ and to your media platform's Terms of Service for more information.

Note: after installing the widevine-installer package, you need to log out or reboot in order for the configuration changes to take effect.

AUTHORS

Original authors: David Buchanan, The Asahi Linux Contributors.

June 2025 widevine-installer