[SOLVED] makepkg and asm issue: access denied and unknown pseudo-op

NiQ · 2026-01-20 21:28:45

Hello!
I'm a new Arch user (I've been using it for almost two years now). For some time now I wanted to try dynamic window manager, because it seems better for my workflow. I've set out to install dwm AUR package and failed to do it. Since I've been scratching my head over the issue for a day now, I've turned to search for help here. Please note that it's my first ever post on this forum. I'm sorry in advance if there are any editorial or techincal errors in this post.

Used setup

Here is the setup that I use on my laptop.

OS: Arch Linux x86_64
Host: VivoBook_ASUSLaptop X515JA_X515JA (1.0)
Kernel: Linux 6.18.5-arch1-1
Shell: bash 5.3.9
DE: KDE Plasma 6.5.5
WM: KWin (Wayland)
Terminal: konsole 25.12.1

I made sure that I've updated all the packages before posting.

Issue description

I've got a separate directory in my user directory for AUR packages name (shockingly) 'AUR'. After changing to this directory I cloned git repository as stated in https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Dwm#Installation.

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/dwm.git

And then changed to the newly created 'dwm' directory. Inside, without making any changes to the 'config.h' file I ran:

makepkg

Which attempted to make the following PKGBUILD file.

# Maintainer: Thule <vincenzo.frascino@proton.me>
# Contributor: Neptune <neptune650@proton.me>
# Contributor: Sergej Pupykin <pupykin.s+arch@gmail.com>
# Contributor: Dag Odenhall <dag.odenhall@gmail.com>
# Contributor: Grigorios Bouzakis <grbzks@gmail.com>

pkgname=dwm
pkgver=6.6
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="A dynamic window manager for X"
url="https://dwm.suckless.org"
arch=('i686' 'x86_64' 'arm' 'armv7h' 'armv6h' 'aarch64')
license=('MIT')
options=(zipman)
depends=('libx11' 'libxinerama' 'libxft' 'freetype2')
install=dwm.install
source=(dwm.desktop
        https://dl.suckless.org/dwm/dwm-$pkgver.tar.gz
        config.h)
sha256sums=('bc36426772e1471d6dd8c8aed91f288e16949e3463a9933fee6390ee0ccd3f81'
            '7cfc2c6d9386c07c49e2c906f209c18ba3364ce0b4872eae39f56efdb7fc00a3'
            'SKIP')

prepare() {
  cd "$srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver"
  if [[ -f "$srcdir/config.h" ]]; then
    cp -fv "$srcdir/config.h" config.h
  fi
}

build() {
  cd "$srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver"
  make X11INC=/usr/include/X11 X11LIB=/usr/lib/X11 FREETYPEINC=/usr/include/freetype2
}

package() {
  cd "$srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver"
  make PREFIX=/usr DESTDIR="$pkgdir" install
  install -Dm644 LICENSE "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/LICENSE"
  install -Dm644 README "$pkgdir/usr/share/doc/$pkgname/README"
  install -Dm644 "$srcdir/dwm.desktop" "$pkgdir/usr/share/xsessions/dwm.desktop"
}

And here's the issue. After running said command I was prompted with the following outcome in the terminal. To be sure I've checked if there are all necessary files for compilation, which there were.

==> Making package: dwm 6.6-1 (Tue Jan 20 21:08:46 2026)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> Retrieving sources...
  -> Found dwm.desktop
  -> Downloading dwm-6.6.tar.gz...
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed  Time    Time    Time   Current
                                 Dload  Upload  Total   Spent   Left   Speed

  0      0   0      0   0      0      0      0                              0
100  26379 100  26379   0      0  73182      0                              0
100  26379 100  26379   0      0  73157      0                              0
100  26379 100  26379   0      0  73129      0                              0
  -> Found config.h
==> Validating source files with sha256sums...
    dwm.desktop ... Passed
    dwm-6.6.tar.gz ... Passed
    config.h ... Skipped
==> Extracting sources...
  -> Extracting dwm-6.6.tar.gz with bsdtar
==> Starting prepare()...
'/home/gacek/AUR/dwm/src/config.h' -> 'config.h'
==> Starting build()...
cc -c -std=c99 -pedantic -Wall -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Os -I/usr/include/X11 -I/usr/include/freetype2 -D_DEFAULT_SOURCE -D_BSD_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=700L -DVERSION=\"6.6\" -DXINERAMA drw.c
/tmp/ccRA1jFD.s: Assembler messages:
/tmp/ccRA1jFD.s:1447: Error: unknown pseudo-op: `.base64'
/tmp/ccRA1jFD.s:1452: Error: unknown pseudo-op: `.base64'
/tmp/ccRA1jFD.s:1458: Error: unknown pseudo-op: `.base64'
make: *** [Makefile:12: drw.o] Error 1
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build().
    Aborting...

After which any command I ran in the 'dwm' directory prompted the following warning.

warning: could not open directory 'pkg/': Permission denied

Troubleshooting attempt

After searching the internet for a while I found these posts that are related to the problem:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1648019,
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/50439,
https://github.com/orgs/Homebrew/discussions/6229.
At first I was concerned about the fact that the 'pkg/' directory doesn't have permission to write and read, but I found out that this is intentional if build() fails.
It seems that there is a problem with assembler. After reading through said links I tried to install binutils but this change proved futile. I don't really understand what's going on with the assembler errors and compiler. Is there any way to solve this?

I hope you can help me with this.
Cheers

Last edited by NiQ (2026-01-23 12:32:38)

loqs · 2026-01-21 00:18:41

If you install devtools then run `pkgctl build` instead of `makepkg` does that work?

Allan · 2026-01-21 03:09:21

This is nothing to do with the pkg/ directory. It is a failure in the assembler.

Is your system fully updated? My guess is this is a mismatch between gcc and binutils versions. Following the instructions from loqs would also confirm this.

Lone_Wolf · 2026-01-21 12:27:28

For clarity :

Is base-devel installed on your system ?
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Arch_U … requisites for more info.

NiQ · 2026-01-21 15:03:27

Thank you all for responding!

Lone_Wolf wrote:

For clarity :
Is base-devel installed on your system ?
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Arch_U … requisites for more info.

Yes, I have base-devel installed. It's on version 1-2.

Alan wrote:

This is nothing to do with the pkg/ directory. It is a failure in the assembler.
Is your system fully updated? My guess is this is a mismatch between gcc and binutils versions. Following the instructions from loqs would also confirm this.

Yes, I've updated fully before posting the original submission. Before posting this response I've updated system again.

loqs wrote:

If you install devtools then run `pkgctl build` instead of `makepkg` does that work?

I've installed devtools and run said command. The process initiated, but still failed to build the package. Following is the prompt I've got.

==> Updating pacman database cache
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core downloading...
 extra downloading...
 multilib downloading...
==> Building dwm
==> WARNING: invalid architecture, not building for: i686
==> WARNING: invalid architecture, not building for: arm
==> WARNING: invalid architecture, not building for: armv7h
==> WARNING: invalid architecture, not building for: armv6h
==> WARNING: invalid architecture, not building for: aarch64
  ->   repo: extra
  ->   arch: x86_64
  -> worker: gacek-1
==> Building dwm for [extra] (x86_64)
cat: /var/lib/archbuild/extra-x86_64/root/.arch-chroot: No such file or directory
==> Creating chroot for [extra] (x86_64)...
==> Creating install root at /var/lib/archbuild/extra-x86_64/root
==> Installing packages to /var/lib/archbuild/extra-x86_64/root
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core downloading...
 extra downloading...
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

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  en_US.UTF-8... done
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==> Building in chroot for [extra] (x86_64)...
==> Synchronizing chroot copy [/var/lib/archbuild/extra-x86_64/root] -> [gacek-1]...done
==> Making package: dwm 6.6-1 (Wed Jan 21 10:51:24 2026)
==> Retrieving sources...
  -> Found dwm.desktop
  -> Downloading dwm-6.6.tar.gz...
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  -> Found config.h
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    dwm.desktop ... Passed
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    config.h ... Skipped
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looking for conflicting packages...

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extra/fontconfig   2:2.17.1-1     1.12 MiB
extra/libpng       1.6.53-2       0.58 MiB
extra/libxau       1.0.12-1       0.02 MiB
extra/libxcb       1.17.0-1       3.87 MiB
extra/libxdmcp     1.1.5-1        0.13 MiB
extra/libxext      1.3.6-1        0.30 MiB
extra/libxrender   0.9.12-1       0.09 MiB
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extra/xorgproto    2025.1-1       1.47 MiB
extra/freetype2    2.14.1-1       1.66 MiB
extra/libx11       1.8.12-2       9.79 MiB
extra/libxft       2.3.9-1        0.13 MiB
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  -> Found dwm.desktop
  -> Found dwm-6.6.tar.gz
  -> Found config.h
==> WARNING: Skipping all source file integrity checks.
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  -> Extracting dwm-6.6.tar.gz with bsdtar
==> Starting prepare()...
'/build/dwm/src/config.h' -> 'config.h'
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cc -c -std=c99 -pedantic -Wall -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Os -I/usr/include/X11 -I/usr/include/freetype2 -D_DEFAULT_SOURCE -D_BSD_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=700L -DVERSION=\"6.6\" -DXINERAMA drw.c
cc -c -std=c99 -pedantic -Wall -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Os -I/usr/include/X11 -I/usr/include/freetype2 -D_DEFAULT_SOURCE -D_BSD_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=700L -DVERSION=\"6.6\" -DXINERAMA dwm.c
cc -c -std=c99 -pedantic -Wall -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Os -I/usr/include/X11 -I/usr/include/freetype2 -D_DEFAULT_SOURCE -D_BSD_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=700L -DVERSION=\"6.6\" -DXINERAMA util.c
cc -o dwm drw.o dwm.o util.o -L/usr/lib/X11 -lX11 -lXinerama -lfontconfig -lXft
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mkdir -p /build/dwm/pkg/dwm/usr/bin
cp -f dwm /build/dwm/pkg/dwm/usr/bin
chmod 755 /build/dwm/pkg/dwm/usr/bin/dwm
mkdir -p /build/dwm/pkg/dwm/usr/share/man/man1
sed "s/VERSION/6.6/g" < dwm.1 > /build/dwm/pkg/dwm/usr/share/man/man1/dwm.1
chmod 644 /build/dwm/pkg/dwm/usr/share/man/man1/dwm.1
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  -> Generating .PKGINFO file...
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==> Finished making: dwm 6.6-1 (Wed Jan 21 09:51:40 2026)
==> Installing package dwm with pacman -U...
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dwm-debug    6.6-1          0.02 MiB

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:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
checking keyring...
checking package integrity...
loading package files...
checking for file conflicts...
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-- Edit config.h in dwm's PKGBUILD directory (generally /var/abs/community/dwm/)
-- and rebuild package if you want to change settings.
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core/licenses                    20240728-1     1.54 MiB
core/mpdecimal                   4.0.1-1        0.33 MiB
extra/pyalpm                     0.11.1-1       0.23 MiB       0.05 MiB
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Checking PKGBUILD
Checking dwm-6.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
dwm W: ELF file ('usr/bin/dwm') lacks FULL RELRO, check LDFLAGS.
dwm W: Dependency glibc detected and implicitly satisfied (libraries ['usr/lib/libc.so.6'] needed in files ['usr/bin/dwm'])
dwm W: Dependency fontconfig detected and implicitly satisfied (libraries ['usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1'] needed in files ['usr/bin/dwm'])
dwm W: Dependency included, but may not be needed ('freetype2')
Checking dwm-debug-6.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
dwm-debug W: Directory (usr/src/debug/dwm) is empty
==> Running checkpkg
error: target not found: dwm
==> WARNING: Skipped checkpkg due to missing repo packages
==> Generating .SRCINFO...done

I couldn't find any packages or debug files that were listed there.

Scimmia · 2026-01-21 15:11:21

That did not fail to build the package, it worked just fine.

NiQ · 2026-01-21 16:06:37

Scimmia wrote:

That did not fail to build the package, it worked just fine.

Oh, okay! I'll proceeding with the dwm instructions and check if everything works.

loqs · 2026-01-21 21:43:41

If you still can not build the package without a clean chroot what is the output of:

pacman -Qi binutils gcc

NiQ · 2026-01-22 13:05:35

loqs wrote:

If you still can not build the package without a clean chroot what is the output of:
pacman -Qi binutils gcc

I believe the package is still not build. Pacman doesn't recognize it and after using

echo 'exec dwm' >> ~/.xinitrc
startx

I had the following error.

/usr/lib/Xorg.wrap: Only console users are allowed to run the X server
xinit: giving up
xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused
xinit: server error
Couldn't get a file descriptor referring to the console.

After using

pacman -Qi binutils gcc

I've got:

Name            : binutils
Version         : 2.45.1+r35+g12d0a1dbc1b9-1
Description     : A set of programs to assemble and manipulate binary and object files
Architecture    : x86_64
URL             : https://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/
Licenses        : GPL-2.0-or-later  GPL-3.0-or-later  LGPL-2.0-or-later  LGPL-3.0-or-later  GFDL-1.3  FSFAP
Groups          : None
Provides        : libctf.so=0-64  libgprofng.so=0-64  libsframe.so=2-64
Depends On      : glibc  jansson  libelf  zlib  zstd
Optional Deps   : debuginfod: for debuginfod server/client functionality [installed]
Required By     : base-devel  devtools  gcc  libmakepkg-dropins  mkinitcpio  openucx
Optional For    : inxi
Conflicts With  : binutils-multilib
Replaces        : binutils-multilib
Installed Size  : 42.74 MiB
Packager        : Frederik Schwan <freswa@archlinux.org>
Build Date      : Sat Jan 3 19:43:02 2026
Install Date    : Tue Jan 20 20:09:50 2026
Install Reason  : Installed as a dependency for another package
Install Script  : No
Validated By    : Signature

Name            : gcc
Version         : 15.2.1+r447+g6a64f6c3ebb8-1
Description     : The GNU Compiler Collection - C and C++ frontends
Architecture    : x86_64
URL             : https://gcc.gnu.org
Licenses        : GPL-3.0-with-GCC-exception  GFDL-1.3-or-later
Groups          : None
Provides        : gcc-multilib
Depends On      : gcc-libs=15.2.1+r447+g6a64f6c3ebb8-1  binutils>=2.28  libmpc  zstd  libisl.so=23-64
Optional Deps   : lib32-gcc-libs: for generating code for 32-bit ABI [installed]
Required By     : base-devel  clang  vala
Optional For    : node-gyp  xorg-xrdb
Conflicts With  : None
Replaces        : gcc-multilib
Installed Size  : 208.81 MiB
Packager        : Frederik Schwan <freswa@archlinux.org>
Build Date      : Sat Jan 3 20:25:00 2026
Install Date    : Tue Jan 13 20:22:30 2026
Install Reason  : Installed as a dependency for another package
Install Script  : No
Validated By    : Signature

seth · 2026-01-22 14:02:14

/usr/lib/Xorg.wrap: Only console users are allowed to run the X server

Indicates you were trying to run startx from with a display server (X11 or wayland)

echo 'exec dwm' >> ~/.xinitrc

Last link below is an absolutely mandatory read!

pacman -Qikk dwm

NiQ · 2026-01-22 16:29:18

seth wrote:

Last link below is an absolutely mandatory read!
pacman -Qikk dwm

Thanks for the response. I'd like to read that, but still I can't install the dwm package. It only supports my reasoning, that loqs' method didn't make the package. It seems I still have an assembler conflict.
After installing the dwm I'll gladly read the manual.

I've tried to install the dwm-btw package, but got the same '.base64' error.

Scimmia · 2026-01-22 16:59:05

It did make the package. Did you then install it? Those are two separate steps.

seth · 2026-01-22 17:12:39

Also the -Qikk output.
Right now the thing that's not working is your attempt to start Xorg out of a graphical session and like the bogus xinitrc, that has nothing to do with building dwm.

NiQ · 2026-01-23 12:31:31

Scimmia wrote:

It did make the package. Did you then install it? Those are two separate steps.

It turns out I've not installed after building. Thank you for pointing that out. Everything works now!

NiQ · 2026-01-24 15:32:27

Hi everyone!
As a closing remark to this issue I wanted to give you the full explanation of that went wrong in my case.
It turns out that after installing an application for my studies I've mistakenly overridden my $PATH variable, so it used this codes' own version of assembler compiler.
After finding that out I simply changed the $PATH variable to contain /usr/bin as the first that comes up to ensure that the binutils is used first. It solved all the issues and makepkg now runs without problems.

Thanks for help!
Cheers
NiQ

Arch Linux

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