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T4rtP1ck73

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Give root permissions to commands in a pkgbuild?

Hello, and thanks for reading this.
Is it possible to give a command root permissions in a pkgbuild without sudo? I'm trying to `cp` a file into `/usr/bin` and `touch` a file in /usr/share/applications, but I get a permission error. How can I avoid this problem?

Last edited by T4rtP1ck73 (2021-08-11 18:45:57)

Slithery

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Re: Give root permissions to commands in a pkgbuild?

Your doing it wrong. PKGBUILDS should never touch anything that isn't under $pkgdir.
Please post what you've come up with so far.

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T4rtP1ck73

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Re: Give root permissions to commands in a pkgbuild?

How do I use code tags?

2ManyDogs

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Re: Give root permissions to commands in a pkgbuild?

https://bbs.archlinux.org/help.php#bbcode

T4rtP1ck73

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Re: Give root permissions to commands in a pkgbuild?

 
pkgname=aio-backup
pkgver=0.1.2
pkgrel=3
makedepends=('rust' 'cargo')
arch=('any')

prepare() {
if [ -d /usr/bin/aio-backup ]; then
rm -rf /usr/bin/aio-backup
fi
if [ -d /usr/share/applications/AIO\ Backup ]; then
rm -rf /usr/share/applications/AIO\ Backup/
fi
}

package() {
cargo build --target-dir $pkgdir
chmod +x $pkgdir/debug/aio_backup
cp $pkgdir/debug/aio_backup $pkgdir/usr/bin/aio-backup
mv AIO\ Backup.desktop $pkgdir/usr/share/applications/AIO\ Backup.desktop
rm -rf $pkgdir/debug
}

Btw, I just realized I forgot the source, no need to tell me

Last edited by T4rtP1ck73 (2021-08-11 19:02:07)

Trilby

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Re: Give root permissions to commands in a pkgbuild?

For your actual question you are misunderstanding how pacman works - you do not have to (and absolutely can not) remove existing files.  Pacman will remove the existing files when the new package is installed.  Even if this wasn't the case, you would not want to remove the existing files when the package is built, but only when it was installed.

So get rid of that prepare function all together.

Then read the wiki:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Rust_p … guidelines

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T4rtP1ck73

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Re: Give root permissions to commands in a pkgbuild?

Ok, done