dependencies

jmrbcu · 2008-05-27 20:20:39

Hi people, I got a little question about makepkg. How can I tell to makepkg to resolve dependences. For example, I got a package X that depend of Y and Z, Y is in extra repo, no problem, but if Z or Y is in AUR, it can't be resolved. How can I achieve this?

Allan · 2008-05-27 20:27:21

You need to download it from the AUR and install it yourself. It is a safety measure so you can check the PKGBUILD for malicious code. Remember anyone can submit a package to the AUR and TU's can't check every package.

Edit: You will probably want to install the dependency with "pacman -U --asdep"

Last edited by Allan (2008-05-27 20:28:46)

Misfit138 · 2008-05-27 20:34:17

Hmm, unless I am misunderstanding, you can simply do

makepkg -s

Which will utilize pacman to grab binary dependencies. I am not at my Arch box now, but I think makepkg -b will build them from source. My favorite is makepkg -csi which will grab all needed dependencies, clean up all leftover files and install in one shot.
man makepkg for more.
If the dependencies are only available on AUR, then use yaourt.

carlocci · 2008-05-27 21:07:58

about makepkg -b :
http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/10329

phrakture · 2008-05-27 22:41:03

For AUR dependencies, you need to build those as well. If they are not in a repo, you have to do it. Additionally, I think yaourt may do this.

jmrbcu · 2008-05-28 00:52:48

thanks!!!

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