[Request] Birdie Twitter Client

Hund · 2013-04-04 21:52:12

Id be happy if someone could create a package with the Birdie Twitter Client.

debsuvra · 2013-04-13 19:11:40

Also looking forward to have it on AUR.

HalosGhost · 2013-04-13 19:16:28

Why not try your hand at writing one first and we'll help you out with it? That's how the request section is meant to work, afterall.

All the best,

-HG

Last edited by HalosGhost (2013-04-13 19:19:36)

tdy · 2013-04-13 19:50:50

This thing has some major dependencies like unity.. that was the point where I stopped tinkering with this package.

Last edited by tdy (2013-04-13 19:52:12)

HalosGhost · 2013-04-13 20:08:12

tdy wrote:

This thing has some major dependencies like unity.. that was the point where I stopped tinkering with this package.

I took a look at throwing together a PKGBUILD, and as soon as I stumbled on the unity dependency, I rather lost interest. Here is what I had so far. It may actually work as-is, but I'm not going to test it as I have no interest in installing Unity.

_bzrname=birdie
pkgname="${_bzrname}-lp-bzr"
pkgver=1.0
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="A Twitter client"
arch=('any')
url="http://launchpad.net/~birdie-team"
license=('GPLv3')
depends=('vala' 'libwnck3' 'json-glib' 'rest' 'granite' 'unity' 'libcanberra' 'libnotify' 'gtk3' 'libindicate')
makedepends=('bzr' 'cmake')
source=("${_bzrname}::bzr+http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~${_bzrname}-team/${_bzrname}/trunk/")
sha256sums=('SKIP')

pkgver() {
  cd local_repo
  bzr revno
}

prepare() {
  cd "${srcdir}/${_bzrname}"
  mkdir -p build && cd build
  cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr
}

package() {
  cd "${srcdir}/${_bzrname}"
  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" PREFIX=/usr install
  find "${pkgdir}" -type d -name .bzr -exec rm -r '{}' +
}

Best of luck in getting it to work. Seriously though, in the future, you should at least try making it first before requesting.

[Edit]: P.S., the above code isn't quite right. The package appears to check all its depends at build-time. So, technically, everything in the depends array should be in the makedepends array. Unity as a makedepends…

All the best,

-HG

Last edited by HalosGhost (2013-04-13 21:24:39)

tdy · 2013-04-15 05:58:26

For those of you who actually want this app, I suggest bringing this app to the attention of Unity users in https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=125423

I'm not sure you'll get much interest from non-Unity packagers about figuring out how to get this to work. That's certainly the case with me, but I won't speak for everyone.

Last edited by tdy (2013-04-16 00:11:33)

Hund · 2013-04-18 08:46:15

Ouch, I didnt know you needed Unity. I lost interest of it as soon as I heard the word Unity. Thanks anyway!

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#1 2013-04-04 21:52:12

[Request] Birdie Twitter Client

#2 2013-04-13 19:11:40

Re: [Request] Birdie Twitter Client

#3 2013-04-13 19:16:28

Re: [Request] Birdie Twitter Client

#4 2013-04-13 19:50:50

Re: [Request] Birdie Twitter Client

#5 2013-04-13 20:08:12

Re: [Request] Birdie Twitter Client

#6 2013-04-15 05:58:26

Re: [Request] Birdie Twitter Client

#7 2013-04-18 08:46:15

Re: [Request] Birdie Twitter Client

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