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metalex

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Registered: 2012-04-30

Posts: 29

Installation splashy issues

Hi to all!
I followed this instructions but I cannot install splashy.
If I try:

yaourt -S splashy-full

it needs automake 1.10 and I get:

=> ERROR: Makepkg was unable to build automake1.10.

What should I do?

SubSub

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From: Benton Falls

Registered: 2012-07-22

Posts: 6

Re: Installation splashy issues

It will help to know the actual error(s) you received in the lines preceding:

=> ERROR: Makepkg was unable to build automake1.10.

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metalex

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Registered: 2012-04-30

Posts: 29

Re: Installation splashy issues

 checking whether autoconf is installed... no
configure: error: Autoconf 2.60 or better is required.
    Please make sure it is installed and in your PATH.

But I have 2.69-1 autoconf.

illusionist

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From: localhost

Registered: 2012-04-03

Posts: 498

Re: Installation splashy issues

do you have "base-devel" package installed ?

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metalex

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Registered: 2012-04-30

Posts: 29

Re: Installation splashy issues

I've just installed it. What now happens:

/usr/bin/makepkg: line 1293: xz: command not found
bsdtar: Write error
==> ERROR: Unable to create package file.
==> ERROR: Makepkg was unable to build automake1.10.
==> Restart building automake1.10 ? [y/N]

chamber

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From: ~/

Registered: 2012-03-29

Posts: 279

Re: Installation splashy issues

What happens when you try and download the tarball and install without using yaourt?

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meh

metalex

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Registered: 2012-04-30

Posts: 29

Re: Installation splashy issues

It says that it require automake1.10.
When I try install automake1.10 from tarball:

/usr/bin/makepkg: line 1293: xz: command not found
bsdtar: Write error
==> ERROR: Unable to create package file.

I have exactly the same error.

Xyne

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Registered: 2008-08-03

Posts: 6,965

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Re: Installation splashy issues

What happens when you try and download the tarball and install without using yaourt?

You mean "build with makepkg", not "install", right?

In general, installing directly without makepkg/pacman is a *bad* idea.

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chamber

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From: ~/

Registered: 2012-03-29

Posts: 279

Re: Installation splashy issues

Yes that's what I meant.  Make and then pacman -U *.pkg.tar.gz

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meh

metalex

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Registered: 2012-04-30

Posts: 29

Re: Installation splashy issues

It even doesn't creates package.

chamber

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From: ~/

Registered: 2012-03-29

Posts: 279

Re: Installation splashy issues

Modify the PKGBUILD so it doesn't look for that specific version of automake. 

Instead of

pkgname=splashy-full
pkgver=20120224
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="A boot splashing system"
arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
url="http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=splashy/splashy.git;a=summary"
license=('GPL')
depends=('glib2' 'directfb')
makedepends=('automake1.10' 'git')

make it

pkgname=splashy-full
pkgver=20120224
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="A boot splashing system"
arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
url="http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=splashy/splashy.git;a=summary"
license=('GPL')
depends=('glib2' 'directfb')
makedepends=('automake' 'git')

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meh

Gamer

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Registered: 2012-07-23

Posts: 17

Re: Installation splashy issues

It says that it require automake1.10.
When I try install automake1.10 from tarball:

/usr/bin/makepkg: line 1293: xz: command not found
bsdtar: Write error
==> ERROR: Unable to create package file.

I have exactly the same error.

Have you installed xz ?

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metalex

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Registered: 2012-04-30

Posts: 29

Re: Installation splashy issues

Gamer, yes.
chamber, I get this:

checking for pkg-config >= 0.14.0...
  testing pkg-config... found 0.27
./autogen.sh: line 154: --print-ac-dir: command not found.
Checking for required M4 macros...
  libtool.m4 not found
  glib-gettext.m4 not found
  pkg.m4 not found
Checking for forbidden M4 macros...
***Error***: some autoconf macros required to build Package
  were not found in your aclocal path, or some forbidden
  macros were found.  Perhaps you need to adjust your
  ACLOCAL_FLAGS?

What does it means?

chamber

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From: ~/

Registered: 2012-03-29

Posts: 279

Re: Installation splashy issues

It means that the AUR package is out of sync and orphaned, ie has not been updated in a while.

In work at the minute so I cannot do any testing, someone else will have to chip in.

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alculquicondor

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Registered: 2011-06-05

Posts: 29

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Re: Installation splashy issues

This seems to replace splashy-full http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=58779
I have already installed and configured it following this guide https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Splashy
I got no errors in any of the steps, but the splash just don't show up.
Any ideas?