Questions tagged [makepkg]
makepkg is a script to automate the building of packages on Arch Linux
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Can I ask a user options when creating a PKGBUILD on Arch Linux?
I want to create a PKGBUILD file for a library (bcftools) and I found an AUR package for that. The problem is that the PKGBUILD sets some options that are not suitable for my system.
Here is the ...
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Is it possible to use the magnet uri scheme in PKGBUILDs?
Is it possible to use resources exchanged with the BitTorrent protocol in pacman's PKGBUILDs?
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Arch linux: custom repo: File is corrupted (invalid or corrupted package (checksum))
I created a custom repository on my manjaro machine (to make a custom Manjaro ISO) with adding:
[manjaro-mate-aur-packages]
SigLevel = Never
Server = https://github.com/FreaxMATE/manjaro-mate-aur-...
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Using PKGBUILD to build after hacking/changing sources?
I'm trying to hack a MSYS package, so I found https://www.msys2.org/wiki/Creating-Packages/ - as an example:
git clone "https://github.com/msys2/MSYS2-packages"
cd MSYS2-packages/flex
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How to move a package's local git repo to another builddir and skip redownloading it yay or pacman?
I am using Arch. Last night I started installing a package whose repo size is ~2GB, but my internet connection is very slow, so I let it run overnight. It finished the download, but timed out at the ...
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How to install AUR package in home directory?
IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate is not available as an Arch Linux core package, and has a built-in upgrade mechanism. For these reasons it would be convenient to install it into my home directory, letting it ...
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Should I worry about 'WARNING: Package contains reference to $srcdir'?
I was building font-manager package from AUR on my Arch system. It is throwing a warning while the process :
==> WARNING: Package contains reference to $srcdir
usr/lib/font-manager/libfontmanager.so....
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how to remove a package install/build by makepkg
Follow this link, I build Slack in Arch by makepkg -sri. Unfortunately, it won't start and I decided to remove it.
Issue: When I use pacman -Qm slack it returns error: package 'slack' was not found, ...
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What is the difference between make and makepkg?
From Arch Wiki:
Packages in Arch Linux are built using the makepkg utility. When makepkg is run, it searches for a PKGBUILD file in the current directory and follows the instructions therein to ...
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"PKGBUILD does not exist" when running "makepkg -cf"
When I run makepkg -cf, I get an error:
==> ERROR: PKGBUILD does not exist.
But if I run makepkg -p PKGBUILD.asc it works.
Can someone explain to me someone why the first doesn't work?
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Installing .deb (Brackets.Release.1.13.64-bit.deb) package in arch Linux
The latest release of Brackets (v1.13) is not available in the AUR. So I downloaded the official .deb package from the official site. Now how do I go about installing it ? Do I have to write a ...
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How to compile Neofetch (from git) in arch Linux?
I know the latest Neofetch is available in the official arch repository but I want to build it from the git clone.
Since it doesn't have the PKGBUILD so makepkg is out of question and the global step ...
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How do I make PKGBUILD to install to fake root before makepkg builds
I have a tree which I need to install with a foder named /usr. This folder exists in src folder. Now I need to write a function in PKGBUILD that installs to the fakeroot before the *.pkg.tar.gz is ...
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Manjaro AUR install: what is the difference between "makepkg -s" then "pacman -U *.tar.xz" vs "makepkg -si"
In Manjaro is there any functional difference between using
makepkg -s
followed by then running
pacman -U <package_name>.tar.xz
instead of just using
makepkg -si
?
I've seen them both used ...
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"Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate" error when Building Arch Linux Package
I'm trying to build an Arch Linux package for some icon theme, so I used this PKGBUILD file :
pkgname=masalla
pkgver=1.1
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="A flat design icon theme by Hayder Majid"
arch=('any')
url=...
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How to update an Arch Linux PKGBUILD file for new version (printer driver)?
I want to install the CUPS driver for the Brother QL-1060N label printer on Arch Linux. Fortunately, there is an AUR package available. (Arch is amazing.)
However, the AUR package is a bit out of ...
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Specify submodule revision in PKGBUILD
I'm trying to install hhvm-git package from AUR and getting an error. There is a bug in one of submodules. This bug is fixed already and I want to specify revision contains that fix for the submodule. ...
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Arch does not see sysvinit package
I want to use arch with sysvinit. As stated in Arch wiki, I downloaded and extracted sysvinit and initscripts-fork. I makepkg'd sysvinit with success, but afterwards initscripts-fork makepkg fails ...
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Efficiently running arch's makepkg on git master (frequent but "small" changes)
On arch, when using makepkg to build a pacman-installable .pkg.tar.xz file from source... If it's an AUR "-git" source rather than an upstream release, is there a way to (after the first makepkg) do a ...
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Archlinux proper PKGBUILD: Python executable error
In a previous question, I asked about how to write a PKGBUILD to install a binary .deb package. The solution was to extract the contents of the .deb and copy the data to the archlinux package fakeroot,...
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makepkg freeze after installing dependencies
If I try to create a package from the AUR makepkg seems to freeze after installing the dependencies. It just stops after installing the last dependency and freezes with 65% CPU-Usage.
Any Idea what ...
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Cross-Compiling with makepkg command
I'm running a x86_64 Arch Linux, now I need to build packages for a i386 Arch Linux,
Is that possible? I already checked makepkg (8), it doesn't seem to support manually selection of package ...
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Best practices for attaching debug symbols to system libraries during development?
I'm at a stage in a project where it would be really handy to have a debug version of a system package installed. On Ubuntu at least, adding the debug symbols to a library is a piece of cake. ...
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