[Solved][Request]fahcontrol

paul2lv · 2012-08-19 12:39:30

Can someone help me figure out how to make this PKGBUILD work?
Thanks

pkgname=fahcontrol
pkgver=7.1.52
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc='A Graphical User Interface (GUI)for Folding@Home'
url="http://folding.stanford.edu/English/HomePage"
arch=('i686 x86_64')
license=('GPL3')
depends=('gtk2' 'python2')
source=("http://fah-web.stanford.edu/file-releases/public/release/fahcontrol/debian-testing-64bit/v7.1/fahcontrol_7.1.52-1_all.deb")
md5sums=('f49eeef558d39c16154613f345b1ca92')

package() {
  cd "$srcdir"
  tar -xf data.tar.gz
  install -d "$pkgdir/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/fahcontrol"
  install -m 644 usr/share/pyshared/fah/ "$pkgdir/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/fahcontrol/"
  install -m 644 usr/share/pixmaps/FAHControl.png "$pkgdir/usr/share/pixmaps/FAHControl.png"
  install -m 644 usr/share/applications/FAHControl.desktop "$pkgdir/usr/share/applications/FAHControl.desktop"
}

Last edited by paul2lv (2012-08-19 19:19:50)

Trilby · 2012-08-19 13:12:34

It would help to know what goes wrong, where you got it, or if you made it yourself, what made you write it the way you did.

I just tried this, it doesn't even download anything. So that's the first problem.

paul2lv · 2012-08-19 13:19:37

I tried making this myself, but since it's based on a .deb, I think I'm a little lost.
Here is the error it gives me when I try to build.

==> Making package: fahcontrol 7.1.52-1 (Sun Aug 19 16:17:37 IDT 2012)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> Retrieving Sources...
  -> Found fahcontrol_7.1.52-1_all.deb
==> Validating source files with md5sums...
    fahcontrol_7.1.52-1_all.deb ... Passed
==> Extracting Sources...
  -> Extracting fahcontrol_7.1.52-1_all.deb with bsdtar
==> Entering fakeroot environment...
==> Starting package()...
install: omitting directory ‘usr/share/pyshared/fah/’
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in package().
    Aborting...

Trilby · 2012-08-19 13:29:47

It still won't download for me. But I tried downloading manually ... but it's still a .deb file. Your PKGBUILD doesn't have anything to deal with that.

Allegedly `ar vx <filename.deb>` will do that. I just tried with the deb I downloaded - it worked and created data.tar.gz.

bsdtar which is called by makepkg will not (AFAIK - I can't get it to) unpack a .deb file.

paul2lv · 2012-08-19 13:37:51

I added in the 'ar vx' line to the PKGBUILD and it does extract the files, but it still fails with the same error.

 
==> Making package: fahcontrol 7.1.52-1 (Sun Aug 19 16:34:43 IDT 2012)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> Retrieving Sources...
  -> Found fahcontrol_7.1.52-1_all.deb
==> Validating source files with md5sums...
    fahcontrol_7.1.52-1_all.deb ... Passed
==> Extracting Sources...
  -> Extracting fahcontrol_7.1.52-1_all.deb with bsdtar
==> Removing existing pkg/ directory...
==> Entering fakeroot environment...
==> Starting package()...
x - debian-binary
x - control.tar.gz
x - data.tar.gz
install: omitting directory ‘usr/share/pyshared/fah/’
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in package().
    Aborting...

Trilby · 2012-08-19 13:42:24

That directory doesn't exist in my system and your PKGBUILD doesn't create it - that'd cause this error.

You do create that other directory that doesn't get used. Was this newly created directory supposed to be in place of pyshare?

edit: oops sorry I misread the relevant line of the PKGBUILD.

Last edited by Trilby (2012-08-19 16:01:41)

paul2lv · 2012-08-19 13:47:14

Yeah, i'm trying to use another directory instead of "pyshared".

cfr · 2012-08-19 15:02:10

dpkg is useful for dealing with .deb files. I just checked and I used dpkg-deb -x to extract files from a .deb when I couldn't find a regular tarball for airport-utils. (I'm not saying this is better than the ar method Trilby suggested - just what I used. I don't know where I found instructions for doing it this way, though.)

Why don't you try building it without changing the directory first? Then you can alter the package build later to do what you want. Although that might seem like wasted effort, simplifying what you've trying to do so you only have to worry about one thing at a time sometimes saves time in the end...

Last edited by cfr (2012-08-19 15:08:05)

paul2lv · 2012-08-19 15:55:41

I figured out the extraction part and got the files put in the right places, now I just need to make python play nice.
Any idea how to use sed to change the line "/usr/bin/python" to "/usr/bin/python2" in a file?

ewaller · 2012-08-19 17:18:09

man patch

cfr · 2012-08-19 18:02:07

sed 's+/usr/bin/python$+/usr/bin/python2+' <filename>

Check output is as expected. Then add -i to change the file itself.

Note: above assumes end of line after "python". I assume this is a line at the top. Otherwise:

sed 's+/usr/bin/python\([^2]\)+/usr/bin/python2\1+' <filename>

man sed
info sed

Last edited by cfr (2012-08-19 18:02:40)

ewaller · 2012-08-19 18:07:26

I still like patch better

paul2lv · 2012-08-19 18:10:29

Got it figured out and the package builds.
Thanks for all the help.

cfr · 2012-08-19 18:14:28

ewaller wrote:

I still like patch better

I just know sed better. And that was the question...

[Basically, if it can be done with sed, I tend to use that. It isn't a very efficient approach in the long run but it is always easier on any given occasion...]

@paul2lv,
Glad you got it to build - don't forget to mark the thread [SOLVED].

Last edited by cfr (2012-08-19 18:14:40)

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