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caniusenousername

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Error during makepkg

Hi.

When I was trying to make .pkg, I get this error message:
You do not have write permission for the directory $BUILDDIR (/Downloads/vmware-systemd-services).

And when I runned makepkg as root:
Running makepkg as root is not allowed as it can cause permanent, catastrophic damage to your system.

So, what I should to do?

headkase

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Registered: 2011-12-06

Posts: 1,976

Re: Error during makepkg

Build it in a directory where you do have write permissions.  That would most easily be anywhere within your user folder which is inside /home

caniusenousername

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Re: Error during makepkg

I have /Downloads inside /home/username.

Trilby

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Registered: 2011-11-29

Posts: 29,517

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Re: Error during makepkg

The error - as you have posted it - does not refer to /home/username/Downloads, but to /Downloads.

Post the actual command used and full output:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=57855

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caniusenousername

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Re: Error during makepkg

I am sorry.

The path is /home/username/Downloads/vmware-systemd-services.

loqs

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Registered: 2014-03-06

Posts: 17,310

Re: Error during makepkg

Please post the output of the following from the user you run makepkg as and in directory you are trying to run makepkg

id
stat .
stat ..
makepkg

Edit:
grammar missing you

Last edited by loqs (2018-08-16 14:06:51)

Trilby

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Registered: 2011-11-29

Posts: 29,517

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Re: Error during makepkg

Post the actual command used and full output:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=57855

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"UNIX is simple and coherent..." - Dennis Ritchie, "GNU's Not UNIX" -  Richard Stallman

Colossal

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Registered: 2018-08-16

Posts: 3

Re: Error during makepkg

Post the output of

 ls -lah ~/Downloads