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#1 2008-12-07 15:08:33
- presario
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[SOLVED] 1. How do I recompile an already installed package...
... the Arch way?
2. Does pacman cache store only binaries, or sources too? I guess... only binaries
3. What happens if I download a tarball, say for ppp, do:
./configure
make
make installDoes it override the old package?
4. If not, how about if I first remove it using pacman and then compile/install from source?
5. Will I be able to upgrade this package in the future?
Thanks everyone who responded!
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#2 2008-12-07 15:16:35
- Allan
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Re: [SOLVED] 1. How do I recompile an already installed package...
Required wiki reading:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ABS
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Makepkg
should get you well on your way.
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#3 2008-12-07 15:16:59
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Re: [SOLVED] 1. How do I recompile an already installed package...
1. cd /var/abs/name_of_repository/pkgpath..; 'makepkg' in the directrory of the package unless you want to change something with the package in which case you edit the PKGBUILD
2. only binaries. stores them in /var/cache/pacman/pkg
3. no, but the files of the old package will obviously be overrided
4. yes..
5. yes but you'll have some files left over unless they are overwritten by the files in the new package
a "package" is really just an archive, you know, like a zip file? try opening a package in your favorite package manager and look at its contents.
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#4 2008-12-07 15:19:26
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Re: [SOLVED] 1. How do I recompile an already installed package...
You might want to look into the Arch Build System (ABS)
If you were to do those three steps you would overwrite the files the package installed, and it will cause you a whole lot of trouble!
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#5 2008-12-07 15:25:56
- presario
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Re: [SOLVED] 1. How do I recompile an already installed package...
To be more specific I just need to uncomment the line:
#CBCP=yin ppp-2.4.4/pppd/Makefile.linux (after running ./configure) for ppp.
Because when I run:
pppd dryrun callback 0It gives me:
Unrecognized option 'callback'
Is is possible by modifying PKGBUILD?
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#6 2008-12-07 15:46:02
- Allan
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Re: [SOLVED] 1. How do I recompile an already installed package...
just run "abs" (install the abs package if you do not have it) and then:
cd /var/abs/local
cp -a /var/abs/core/ppp
cd pppThen edit the PKGBUILD. You will probably want the line:
sed -i "s:^#CBCP=y:CBCP=y:" pppd/Makefile.linuxthen, just run makepkg. A nice new package will be built for you which you can install with "pacman -U <pkg>". You can stop it being upgraded when a new version hits the repos by adding it to IgnorePkg in /etc/pacman.conf. Use "man pacman.conf" for more info.
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