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dalu

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Building a package where the dependencies are missing

I'd like to build nvidia-open, because maintainers are sleeping on the job.
I downloaded the PKGBUILD and tried makepkg.

But it says

==> Missing dependencies:
  -> linux-headers
  -> nvidia-open-dkms=575.51.02

I built the required package but couldn't install

makepkg --install
==> WARNING: The package group has already been built, installing existing packages...
==> Installing nvidia-utils package group with pacman -U...
loading packages...
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
error: unresolvable package conflicts detected
error: failed to prepare transaction (conflicting dependencies)
:: nvidia-dkms-575.51.02-1 and nvidia-open-dkms-575.51.02-1 are in conflict

*sigh* I guess I'll just have to wait

But how do I resolve this, because this package provides multiple packages
https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/ … type=heads

Last edited by dalu (2025-04-18 16:16:27)

mackin_cheese

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Re: Building a package where the dependencies are missing

Your error also tells you the problem. nvidia-dkms is in conflict with nvidia-open-dkms, those are two different packages but you can't have them both in your system.

Last edited by mackin_cheese (2025-04-18 16:43:57)

WorMzy

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Re: Building a package where the dependencies are missing

Just install the ones you need with 'pacman -U'.

Mod note: moving to NC.

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dalu

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Re: Building a package where the dependencies are missing

2 people didn't read the initial post...
nvidia-utils is a PKGBUILD that has multiple packages, including those conflicting ones.
Why do you think added a link to the file?

Ridiculous that you're moving this to newbie corner when you're incapable of even reading the initial post.

There is zero documentation about excluding a package to be installed with makepkg in the wiki, the cli help or the man page.
The only result is a forum post that apparently uses a deprecated --pkg arg.

Last edited by dalu (2025-04-19 09:03:43)

WorMzy

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Re: Building a package where the dependencies are missing

There is zero documentation about excluding a package to be installed with makepkg

So don't use makepkg's --install flag for this. When that failed the first time, the packages were still all built, so you can pick and choose which to install with 'pacman -U'.

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Lone_Wolf

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Re: Building a package where the dependencies are missing

There is zero documentation about excluding a package to be installed with makepkg

That's because makepkg has removed that support 9+ years ago .
See makepkg: remove ability to build individual packages.

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Scimmia

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Re: Building a package where the dependencies are missing

Ridiculous that you're moving this to newbie corner when you're incapable of even reading the initial post.

They did read the initial post. Ridiculous that you don't know how to install packages, and yes, that means it belongs in Newbie Corner.

tdowling

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Re: Building a package where the dependencies are missing

Have you tried to install the dependencies manually?

mackin_cheese

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Registered: 2025-01-07

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Re: Building a package where the dependencies are missing

2 people didn't read the initial post...
nvidia-utils is a PKGBUILD that has multiple packages, including those conflicting ones.
Why do you think added a link to the file?

Ridiculous that you're moving this to newbie corner when you're incapable of even reading the initial post.

There is zero documentation about excluding a package to be installed with makepkg in the wiki, the cli help or the man page.
The only result is a forum post that apparently uses a deprecated --pkg arg.

what I should have said was that if two packages are in conflict in one PKGBUILD, don't use the install flag, just build them all and then install the one you need.

Natano

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Re: Building a package where the dependencies are missing

If you can't install the dependencies manually, they could be also AUR packages, and then you have to install them as ones. The packages' dependencies in AUR are under the description

cryptearth

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Re: Building a package where the dependencies are missing

Ridiculous that you're moving this to newbie corner when you're incapable of even reading the initial post.

given your first topic dates back 10 years ago and you still don't know to just call

makepkg

without any additional parameters to just build to packages without installing them is what I call ridiculous
but hey - what are we with decades of experience when you just fail to read man pages?