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ccerna1

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Registered: 2016-03-07

Posts: 26

Pikaur Unable to install AUR packages

As the title states I am unable to install it when I ran sudo pikaur -Syu

This is the error that gets flagged:

an't clone 'dxvk-win32-bin, dxvk-win64-bin' in '/root/.local/share/pikaur/aur_repos/dxvk-bin' from AUR:

Running as unit: run-u266.service
fatal: could not create leading directories of '/root/.local/share/pikaur/aur_repos/dxvk-bin': Permission denied
Finished with result: exit-code
Main processes terminated with: code=exited/status=128
Service runtime: 30ms

Any help is greatly appreciated!

Last edited by ccerna1 (2018-10-06 22:35:31)

loqs

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Registered: 2014-03-06

Posts: 17,373

Re: Pikaur Unable to install AUR packages

Why are you running an AUR helper with sudo to root?

ccerna1

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Registered: 2016-03-07

Posts: 26

Re: Pikaur Unable to install AUR packages

Hmm I was under the impression the aur helper would be treased (command syntax) like pacman?

Thank you that was it you're the best guess I leaned something new today!

Last edited by ccerna1 (2018-10-07 00:44:15)

eschwartz

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Registered: 2014-08-08

Posts: 4,097

Re: Pikaur Unable to install AUR packages

Probably because pikaur is noteworthy (in a bad way) as the only AUR helper to implement and loudly advertise:

Notable features:

• using systemd dynamic users if building packages as root user

There is no telling what this madness might result in.

AUR helpers in theory have a responsibility to act as a good example and thus display valuable leadership to the less experienced community of users in general. Unfortunately some developers of AUR helpers have incredibly bad taste.

Last edited by eschwartz (2018-10-07 00:58:17)

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