ABS Question..

Zack89 · 2008-10-19 15:28:25

Hi! I have been reading through on how ABS works.. and Im thinking of using it for my arch system after I do a clean install.. I just have a few questions.. first.. should I install everything first like my Xorg... sound.. Window manager.. etc THEN install ABS? Or do ABS from the start and build from there.. Secondly.. if I build... lets say Conky on user "zack" and I have 2 other users "ben" and "nick" do I have to build conky on those users as well for them to use conky?

andre.ramaciotti · 2008-10-19 15:39:26

I think it's better to install just the basics and then compile other things, though I see no reason to do so (compile everything).

ABS will create a pacman package, then you'll install it as root, so all users will be capable of running it.

creslin · 2008-10-19 16:16:53

As andre said, ABS just lets you quickly sync up PKGBUILDs and build binaries tailored for your system. The user is irrelevant - the pkg.tar.gz is compiled for the system.

As far as compiling everything from source, it's completely up to you. Personally I don't think it's worth the time and effort, aside from custom patches and AUR packages. If you really want to build everything from source a la gentoo/crux, you might consider using pacbuilder:

- Pacbuilder thread
- Pacbuilder AUR

Last edited by creslin (2008-10-19 16:31:49)

Zack89 · 2008-10-19 16:44:05

Ohhh.. Because Im basically wanting to set this up so I can get Cairo for my Arch install.. I can still download packages with Pacman? I just need to setup Pacman using ABS?

andre.ramaciotti · 2008-10-19 16:54:05

I'm sorry if I misunderstood you, but you want to install cairo? You only have to run 'pacman -S cairo'.

Have you read the wiki page about ABS?

Zack89 · 2008-10-19 17:26:15

Yeah I did read the wiki page but um.. I went to cairo.com and they said I had to download 3 PKbuilds from AUR in order to install cairo.. So Im assuming there isnt any prebuilt package for Cairo..

creslin · 2008-10-19 17:56:55

I don't really know what you mean.. I assumed you meant cairo graphics, but cairo.com? If you're referring to cairo graphics:

$ pacman -Ss cairo
extra/cairo 1.6.4-1
    Cairo vector graphics library
...

Zack89 · 2008-10-19 18:03:54

Oh no im sorry I didnt know there was more than one cairo I should have been a little more explicit.. I mean Cairo Dock.. the Dock that has the stacks and all that fancy schmancy stuff.

creslin · 2008-10-19 18:14:14

You can find cairo-dock here in the AUR.

This is a quick tutorial on makepkg.

Zack89 · 2008-10-19 18:32:03

Right right yeah.. im sorry I didnt mean to throw you off making you think I meant cairo graphics.. didnt know there was multiple "cairos" hehe.. Im still a Linux newbie so im still learning.

Arch Linux

#1 2008-10-19 15:28:25

ABS Question..

#2 2008-10-19 15:39:26

Re: ABS Question..

#3 2008-10-19 16:16:53

Re: ABS Question..

#4 2008-10-19 16:44:05

Re: ABS Question..

#5 2008-10-19 16:54:05

Re: ABS Question..

#6 2008-10-19 17:26:15

Re: ABS Question..

#7 2008-10-19 17:56:55

Re: ABS Question..

#8 2008-10-19 18:03:54

Re: ABS Question..

#9 2008-10-19 18:14:14

Re: ABS Question..

#10 2008-10-19 18:32:03

Re: ABS Question..

Board footer