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matt_head

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Registered: 2010-10-31

Posts: 3

chown: invalid user: `root.root' Error (SOLVED)

I'm getting an error trying to install dropbox from AUR https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=23363.

==> Building and installing package
==> Making package: dropbox 1.1.40-1 (Fri Aug 19 20:46:22 EDT 2011)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> Retrieving Sources...
  -> Downloading dropbox-lnx.x86_64-1.1.40.tar.gz...
--2011-08-19 20:46:22--  https://dl-web.dropbox.com/u/17/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-1.1.40.tar.gz
Resolving dl-web.dropbox.com... 50.19.122.11
Connecting to dl-web.dropbox.com|50.19.122.11|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 17309180 (17M) [application/x-tar]
Saving to: `dropbox-lnx.x86_64-1.1.40.tar.gz.part'

100%[========================================================>] 17,309,180   586K/s   in 24s     

2011-08-19 20:46:52 (695 KB/s) - `dropbox-lnx.x86_64-1.1.40.tar.gz.part' saved [17309180/17309180]

  -> Found dropbox.png
  -> Found dropbox.desktop
  -> Found terms.html
==> Validating source files with md5sums...
    dropbox-lnx.x86_64-1.1.40.tar.gz ... Passed
    dropbox.png ... Passed
    dropbox.desktop ... Passed
    terms.html ... Passed
==> Extracting Sources...
  -> Extracting dropbox-lnx.x86_64-1.1.40.tar.gz with bsdtar
==> Entering fakeroot environment...
==> Starting build()...
chown: invalid user: `root.root'
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build().
    Aborting...
==> ERROR: Makepkg was unable to build dropbox.

Last edited by matt_head (2011-08-21 02:09:14)

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: chown: invalid user: `root.root' Error (SOLVED)

You can get a bit older version from the [archstuff] repo - it's already compiled, ready to install.

I did install the AUR package w/o a problem.

==> Making package: dropbox 1.1.40-1 (sob, 20 sie 2011, 03:01:56 CEST)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> Retrieving Sources...
  -> Downloading dropbox-lnx.x86-1.1.40.tar.gz...
--2011-08-20 03:01:59--  https://dl-web.dropbox.com/u/17/dropbox-lnx.x86-1.1.40.tar.gz
Resolving dl-web.dropbox.com... 50.19.234.54
Connecting to dl-web.dropbox.com|50.19.234.54|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 16532320 (16M) [application/x-tar]
Saving to: `dropbox-lnx.x86-1.1.40.tar.gz.part'

100%[========================================================>] 16.532.320   407K/s   in 40s     

2011-08-20 03:02:46 (399 KB/s) - `dropbox-lnx.x86-1.1.40.tar.gz.part' saved [16532320/16532320]

  -> Found dropbox.png
  -> Found dropbox.desktop
  -> Found terms.html
==> Validating source files with md5sums...
    dropbox-lnx.x86-1.1.40.tar.gz ... Passed
    dropbox.png ... Passed
    dropbox.desktop ... Passed
    terms.html ... Passed
==> Extracting Sources...
  -> Extracting dropbox-lnx.x86-1.1.40.tar.gz with bsdtar
==> Entering fakeroot environment...
==> Starting build()...
==> Tidying install...
  -> Purging other files...
  -> Compressing man and info pages...
==> Creating package...
  -> Generating .PKGINFO file...
  -> Compressing package...
==> Leaving fakeroot environment.
==> Finished making: dropbox 1.1.40-1 (sob, 20 sie 2011, 03:02:50 CEST)
==> Installing package dropbox with pacman -U...
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets (1): dropbox-1.1.40-1 [36,77 MB]

Total Download Size:    0,00 MB
Total Installed Size:   37,25 MB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] 
(1/1) checking package integrity                           [################################] 100%
(1/1) checking for file conflicts                          [################################] 100%
(1/1) installing dropbox                                   [################################] 100%
[karol@black test]$ 

matt_head

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Registered: 2010-10-31

Posts: 3

Re: chown: invalid user: `root.root' Error (SOLVED)

Chown was messed up.