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*.src.tar.gz instead of *.pkg.tar.gz when i do makepkg -S?

When I do makepkg -S, I get something like foo.src.tar.gz and when i run it through pacman -U foo.src.tar.gz, it tells me it's corrupted or damaged. I don't get it really, this happened with yaourt, google-chrome, pipelight, etc. I've been really frustrated since whenever i try to install a program using a tarball, it does the .src.tar.gz b.s. when i just want to get the applications i got fine on my last install (XFCE, not Enlightenment)

anatolik

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Registered: 2012-09-27

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Re: *.src.tar.gz instead of *.pkg.tar.gz when i do makepkg -S?

man makepkg

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karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: *.src.tar.gz instead of *.pkg.tar.gz when i do makepkg -S?

Read it carefully, case matters :-)
You can create an alias / shell function to avoid it in the future.

jasonwryan

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Registered: 2009-05-09

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Re: *.src.tar.gz instead of *.pkg.tar.gz when i do makepkg -S?

Moving to NC...

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