==> ERROR: arch contains invalid characters: ','

Untracable · 2015-01-13 07:54:42

I been using GNU/Arch Linux for few weeks now. One program I liked for Ganoo/Leenox was "screencloud", it let me bind hotkeys to draw a square then snap a screenshot and upload it to my FTP server.

So I typed 'yaourt screencloud',

It fails to install the 'libqxt' dependency every time I try. This is what happens:

==> Downloading libqxt PKGBUILD from AUR...
x PKGBUILD
libqxt 0.6.2-3  (Sat Sep  1 10:18:04 EDT 2007)
( Unsupported package: Potentially dangerous ! )
==> Edit PKGBUILD ? [Y/n] ("A" to abort)
==> ------------------------------------
==> n

==> libqxt dependencies:
 - qt4 (already installed)
 - openssl (already installed)
 - db (already installed)
 - qt4 (already installed)


==> Continue building libqxt ? [Y/n]
==> --------------------------------
==> 
==> Building and installing package
==> ERROR: arch contains invalid characters: ','
==> ERROR: Makepkg was unable to build libqxt.
==> Restart building libqxt ? [y/N]
==> -------------------------------
==>

So what is wrong with it and how do I fix it? Thanks

AbaddonOrmuz · 2015-01-13 08:03:12

Edit the PKGBUILD to remove the comma "," in the arch array, just that.

\hbar · 2015-01-13 08:06:46

deleted: question already answered above

Last edited by \hbar (2015-01-13 08:07:31)

Untracable · 2015-01-13 08:24:40

AbaddonOrmuz wrote:

Edit the PKGBUILD to remove the comma "," in the arch array, just that.

A really odd thing happens when I press Y to edit the PKGBUILD

The terminal just dies, nothing appears, and I cant ctrl+C to escape
Heres a lil screencapture I encoded as webm to show what happens

http://webmup.com/La22v/

EDIT: sorry for the uploading to that host, if anyone knows a better place to upload, or public ftp server let me know

Last edited by Untracable (2015-01-13 08:32:04)

Spider.007 · 2015-01-13 08:26:23

To explain that answer a bit further; libqxt comes from the AUR; and it seems that the person who created it made a typo which was already reported to him. You should download the tarball from the AUR and modify the PKGBUILD manually, then execute `makepkg` in that directory. It should result in a package you can install

Trilby · 2015-01-13 13:19:26

It's possible that yaourt is freezing if you have not set EDITOR and/or the default editor is not installed. But whenever you're looking for help with AUR packages, always try building it without a helper first to narrow down if the problem is with the PKGBUILD or with your aur helper. In this case, the answer is both: there are two separate issues.

And if you are not familiar with building AUR packages and editing PKGBUILDs, then please do not use yaourt.

Arch Linux

#1 2015-01-13 07:54:42

==> ERROR: arch contains invalid characters: ','

#2 2015-01-13 08:03:12

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