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insciwetrust

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Registered: 2019-10-19

Posts: 88

[SOLVED] Package not found

So I installed a package with its 2 dependencies via makepkg command without problems. I then deleted the folders pkgbuild files were in. Now I want to remove the packages but the terminal doesn't recognise them. I am 100% sure I am typing their correct names. Should I have not deleted the folders?

Last edited by insciwetrust (2019-10-20 11:50:14)

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loqs

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Registered: 2014-03-06

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Re: [SOLVED] Package not found

What command did you use to build the package?  What was the output of that command?
What command are you using to remove the package and what is that command's output?
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=57855

Last edited by loqs (2019-10-19 17:40:06)

ewaller

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Re: [SOLVED] Package not found

You have certainly jumped in with both feet

Let us clarify a few things.  One does not install packages with makepkg.  That tool builds a package based on instructions from a PKGBUILD file.  That activity creates (generally) a pkg directory and a src directory, and a compressed package file.  Yes, one might be able to run programs from the pkg directory; but that is *not* how it is intended to be used.

What you are supposed to do is install the package with pacman -U <packagefile>.  After that, go ahead and delete the folder.  I, for one, keep them all in a build directory.     

Later, if you want to remove the packages from your system, you are going to use pacman -Rs <packagename>

Edit:  https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Makepkg

Last edited by ewaller (2019-10-19 17:48:38)

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insciwetrust

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Registered: 2019-10-19

Posts: 88

Re: [SOLVED] Package not found

You have certainly jumped in with both feet

Let us clarify a few things.  One does not install packages with makepkg.  That tool builds a package based on instructions from a PKGBUILD file.  That activity creates (generally) a pkg directory and a src directory, and a compressed package file.  Yes, one might be able to run programs from the pkg directory; but that is *not* how it is intended to be used.

What you are supposed to do is install the package with pacman -U <packagefile>.  After that, go ahead and delete the folder.  I, for one, keep them all in a build directory.     

Later, if you want to remove the packages from your system, you are going to use pacman -Rs <packagename>

Edit:  https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Makepkg

Oh, I see, then I have not even installed them in the first place, lol. Thank you!

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