Aura - 4.0.4 - The Multilingual Package Manager

borisbsc · 2013-05-28 19:14:26

Hi, I'm a new Aura user. Can someone please tell me how to resolve circular dependencies when installing AUR packages with aura?

For example, I'm using `nvidia-beta` and `nvidia-beta-utils` AUR packages installed with aura which are updated frequently. Whenever a new kernel is released in main repos I have to recompile those packages using headers for the latest kernel, but the problem is when `nvidia-beta*` packages also get updated. If I do `aura -A nvidia-beta` (which gets the latest version) I get an error stating that 'nvidia-beta-utils (my-current-version)` is required. If I then try `aura -A nvidia-beta-utils` I get an error that `nvidia-utils (my-current-version)` is required, so it's a chicken-or-the-egg situation.

By the way, `nvidia-utils-beta` is *not* a dependency of `nvidia-beta`, at least it's not directly listed in PKGBUILD of `nvidia-utils-beta`.

dabrado · 2013-06-01 02:24:40

Hi again,

Following up on my own problem, I feel a little silly, but in my zsh environment I had redeclared 'makepkg' as a function that did some other stuff (including a directory change) before calling the real 'makepage'. Apparently Aura did not like that.

While on the topic, is it expected behavior that Aura would use the 'makepkg' function from my zsh environment, versus calling '/usr/bin/makepkg' directly?

fosskers · 2013-06-01 09:08:12

@borisbsc: I'll need some time to look into that.

@dabrado: Interesting that that would happen. I've change it to `usr/bin/makepkg` and things still work, so this should fix your problem.

Last edited by fosskers (2013-06-01 09:32:05)

drrossum · 2013-06-03 22:32:58

Hi,

I'm not sure if this is related but after today's system update involving the move to /usr/bin I can no longer use aura to build/install packages. The system is fully up to date and aura is the newest version 1.2.0.1. Using this command I get the following error:

sudo aura -A perl-any-moose

...
:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
(1/1) checking keys in keyring                      [#####] 100%
(1/1) checking package integrity                  [#####] 100%
(1/1) loading package files                           [#####] 100%
(1/1) checking for file conflicts                      [#####] 100%
(1/1) checking available disk space              [#####] 100%
(1/1) installing perl-mouse                           [#####] 100%
aura >>= Building `perl-any-moose`...
loading packages...
error: '': wrong or NULL argument passed
Raw shell command call failed.

hcra · 2013-06-04 01:32:09

Similarly, after today's update,

$ sudo aura -Akua

ends with

aura >>= Building `aura`...
loading packages...
error: '': wrong or NULL argument passed
Raw shell command call failed.

For completeness, I'm using.

[steve@arch ~]$ pacman -Qi aura
Name           : aura
Version        : 1.2.0.1-2

Stuck. Suggestions welcome. Thanks!

drrossum · 2013-06-04 14:14:37

Issue solved in newest version 1.2.0.1-4. Thanks

hcra · 2013-06-04 14:44:00

drrossum wrote:

Issue solved in newest version 1.2.0.1-4. Thanks

Not for me. It's still throwing the same error.

[steve@arch ~]$ sudo aura -Akua
aura >>= Fetching package information...
aura >>= Aura update available. Update it first? [Y/n] y
aura >>= `aura` PKGBUILD changes:
 pkgver=1.2.0.1
+pkgrel=4
-pkgrel=3
 pkgdesc="A secure package manager for Arch Linux and the AUR written in Haskell."

 source=(https://bitbucket.org/fosskers/aura/downloads/${_hkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz)
+md5sums=('72ea55bd7197408eb167ab3298f6208c')
-md5sums=('ab6ca10c1ee73ca923f2f1467cc4774b')
 

aura >>= Determining dependencies...
aura >>= AUR Packages:
aura

aura >>= Continue? [Y/n] y
aura >>= Building `aura`...
loading packages...
error: '': wrong or NULL argument passed
Raw shell command call failed.

I assume that my aura is pulling down the current version, 1.2.0.1-4. Something's still not quite right, at least for me. Stuck. Thanks so much for your help!!

bootleg · 2013-06-04 15:00:24

Well you are still using the old version to install the new one. You should use another AUR helper to install the new aura version or install it by hand.

hcra · 2013-06-04 15:01:34

bootleg wrote:

Well you are still using the old version to install the new one.

Yes, I'll give it a go. Thanks.
[edit] success! Thanks for the tip.

Last edited by hcra (2013-06-04 15:20:03)

dabrado · 2013-06-05 06:32:50

fosskers wrote:

@dabrado: Interesting that that would happen. I've change it to `usr/bin/makepkg` and things still work, so this should fix your problem.

@fosskers: Thanks for the change. Indeed this worked!

silvik · 2013-06-13 21:39:45

fosskers wrote:

New release!
1.1.6.0
-------
- New option `--build` for specifying AUR package build path.
- Vote number now shown in `-As` output.
- Fixed Repo/AUR name collision bug.
- API Change: Argument order for functions in `Aura/Languages` changed.

--build doesn't work for me:

$ sudo aura --build /build -Akua aura-bin
error: invalid option
aura >>= Please check your input.

I don't have enough memory to build large packages if the build dir is /tmp, so this would be really useful. I hope I'm not missing something obvious

Thank you for your work. I really like aura!

EDIT: uff, sorry, it was in the man page. wrong syntax... I need some coffee...

Last edited by silvik (2013-06-13 21:47:15)

fosskers · 2013-06-19 03:15:45

Hi Silvik. Haha yeah, when in doubt, check the man page. Also, aura doesn't build in tmp by default, so memory shouldn't be an issue.

Glad you enjoy aura.

orschiro · 2013-06-27 06:56:31

Hi fosskers,

A while ago I asked for a binary version of Aura. I am very happy to seeing it available. Thanks!

One question though. The command 'sudo aura -Akua' is supposed to upgrade all AUR packages, correct?

Yet I miss the feature to skip packages that fail to build (for whatever reasons). At the moment the whole upgrade progress is aborted if one packages fails to build.

Can this behaviour be changed to skipping the failed packages but continuing to build the others?

fosskers · 2013-06-27 13:09:32

orschiro wrote:

Hi fosskers,
A while ago I asked for a binary version of Aura. I am very happy to seeing it available. Thanks!
One question though. The command 'sudo aura -Akua' is supposed to upgrade all AUR packages, correct?
Yet I miss the feature to skip packages that fail to build (for whatever reasons). At the moment the whole upgrade progress is aborted if one packages fails to build.
Can this behaviour be changed to skipping the failed packages but continuing to build the others?

1. Bitte!
2. I'm glad someone uses -Akua instead of -Ayu!
3. I wasn't aware that this was happening. I quite enjoyed that feature as well. Let me look into it.

Last edited by fosskers (2013-06-27 13:11:45)

gondsman · 2013-07-01 22:13:36

Is there a way in aura to list all the packages installed from AUR? And to list packages not found in neither in repos nor AUR?
Thanks so much!

PhaytalError · 2013-07-02 04:58:00

gondsman wrote:

Is there a way in aura to list all the packages installed from AUR? And to list packages not found in neither in repos nor AUR?
Thanks so much!

While this answer is a bit off-topic, it's still useful information.

Pacman can list all AUR packages you have installed (including installed AUR package dependencies): pacman -Qm -- simularly you can view any package you installed yourself from the main Arch repos (ie. not automatically pulled in by another package): pacman -Qe -- Pacman can also view orphans: pacman -Qdt

Pacman is very versatile and more powerful than people realize.

Last edited by PhaytalError (2013-07-02 05:00:58)

gondsman · 2013-07-02 07:54:06

PhaytalError wrote:

gondsman wrote:
Is there a way in aura to list all the packages installed from AUR? And to list packages not found in neither in repos nor AUR?
Thanks so much!
While this answer is a bit off-topic, it's still useful information.
Pacman can list all AUR packages you have installed (including installed AUR package dependencies): pacman -Qm -- simularly you can view any package you installed yourself from the main Arch repos (ie. not automatically pulled in by another package): pacman -Qe -- Pacman can also view orphans: pacman -Qdt
Pacman is very versatile and more powerful than people realize.

Thanks for the answer, but it's not exactly what I was looking for. pacman -Qm lists all packages not present in any repository, it doesn't check whether an AUR package exists for those packages or not. I'm mainly asking because it happens that some packages from AUR changed name, or they were removed and I didn't know for months, so a query to look for packages which are neither in the repos nor in AUR could be useful.

fosskers · 2013-07-02 08:39:35

@gondsman: There isn't a convenient way to do a mass check, but if you used `aura -Ai` on your package and nothing came up, then you'd know it doesn't exist as an AUR package.

Spyhawk · 2013-07-02 09:58:32

@fosskers > I think you've misunderstood gondsman request. What he is actually asking is possible by simply asking the Json RPC interface for all "foreign" packages (-Qm) to filter the package that are not in the AUR either. Another helper automatically warns about such packages when upgrading all packages from the AUR.

evujumenuk · 2013-07-02 14:44:55

Hi,

my current, makepkg-only setup is this: I build packages as a normal user (named makepkg) and install them as root via pacman -U. Although I'm aware that the makepkg user effectively is root (as it can plant malicious code in built packages), I am reluctant to give that user sudo privileges since that would widen the attack surface even more.

How can aura support me there? Can I name a user to build as when I call aura as root? (I am fine with su -c). Or can aura do all necessary step as a normal user except for pacman calls? (I'd need to know what root needs to do with pacman then, however).

Thanks in advance.

orschiro · 2013-07-03 04:33:22

When I try to build Insync package from AUR the building process aborts with the following error:

insync : 0.10.8-1 => 0.10.9-1

aura >>= `insync` is known to fail at building. Reason:
aura >>= Too many bashisms in PKGBUILD.
aura >>= Will you try anyway? [Y/n] 
aura >>= `chromium-pepper-flash-stable` PKGBUILD changes:
 pkgdesc="Google Chrome's Pepper Flash plugin for Chromium (stable version)"
+pkgver=11.8.800.96
+pkgrel=1
+_verbld=28.0.1500.70-209565
-pkgver=11.7.700.203
-pkgrel=6
-_verbld=28.0.1500.63-208724
 _channel='stable'

         source+=(https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/x86_64/google-chrome-${_channel}-${_verbld}.x86_64.rpm)
+        sha1sums+=('a496fd42dfc70eee2353c1dd4201644517e5e2f4')
-        sha1sums+=('3680f97b50bc7a198671b1798e5d0a69688e6ef4')
 elif [ "$CARCH" == i686 ]; then

         source+=(https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/i386/google-chrome-${_channel}-${_verbld}.i386.rpm)
+        sha1sums+=('bcef883c6e2490038e50c871e59567b2da5ecbc0')
-        sha1sums+=('61078c80002426fe8699e276f65300f10f0e9f69')
 fi

aura >>= `insync` has no stored PKGBUILD yet.
aura >>= Determining dependencies...
aura >>= Dependency checking failed for these reasons:
`xdg-utils[@]}` exists in NO WAY as a package or as one provided by another!

Manual building with makepkg runs fine.

Last edited by orschiro (2013-07-03 04:36:56)

orschiro · 2013-07-15 21:04:31

Is it possible with Aura to just download the PKGBUILD of a package to a specific directory?

Last edited by orschiro (2013-07-15 21:04:40)

fosskers · 2013-07-21 00:28:19

@evujumenuk: Aura, even when run with sudo, runs makepkg as a normal user.

@orschiro: Yes unfortunately with `insync`s PKGBUILD the way it is now, Aura will never be able to build it.
And yes you can download just the PKGBUILD. Go to the target direction, then use `aura -Ap pkg-name-here > PKGBUILD`

orschiro · 2013-07-22 09:59:13

@fosskers

Thanks for the info on downloading the PKGBUILD. Very useful!

Just for interest: Why is Aura not able to build Insync but Yaourt is?

zoqaeski · 2013-07-23 04:50:41

Could you add a shorthand option to enable editing of PKGBUILDs? I prefer to edit them before building, but typing ‘--hotedit’ all the time gets a little annoying. ‘-e’ doesn’t seem to conflict with anything. Also, sometimes Aura will ask twice if you want to edit the PKGBUILD.

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