[SOLVED] How to build a package for other arches

BenTheTechGuy · 2020-07-15 04:28:38

I have an AUR package that can be built on x86_64, i686, armv7h, and aarch64. It's used in offline environments, so I can't build the package on all those computers, I need to provide multiple .tar.xz package files to support the different arches. The package doesn't need to be built, there's no compilation going on, it just moves some files around. I need to know how to make makepkg build the package on different architectures. Any ideas?

Last edited by BenTheTechGuy (2020-07-16 01:21:55)

eschwartz · 2020-07-15 05:06:28

You could set $CARCH in e.g. makepkg --config makepkg-aarch64.conf, as that is what selects the arch to use for non-"any" packages. Obviously this would not work if you need a working aarch64 compiler, but for -bin PKGBUILDs copying artifacts around it is definitely good enough.

It's also possible to run i686 chroots using systemd-nspawn, and qemu emulation can be used for ARM arches on Intel CPUs, if you need to actually compile stuff.

BenTheTechGuy · 2020-07-15 21:33:58

Ok, that worked. I was able to build the packages since there was no compiling going on. How do I mark this as solved?

WorMzy · 2020-07-15 23:00:34

Edit the first post and amend the topic title.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … ow_to_post

BenTheTechGuy · 2020-07-16 01:21:22

Done

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