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karlospv94

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Registered: 2016-10-12

Posts: 100

[SOLVED] Doubt with make call from package()

I am just creating my own archlinux package but instead of reading the wiki I don't understand well how to install it without use sudo.

This is my package():

(...)
package() {
  cd "$pkgname"
  make DESTDIR="$pkgname" install
}
(...)

And this is my Makefile:

(...)
install: mofiles man
	install -Dm755 $(PKG).sh $(DESTDIR)/usr/bin/$(PKG)
	install -Dm644 completion/bash $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/$(PKG)
	install -Dm644 completion/zsh $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/zsh/site-functions/_$(PKG)
	install -Dm644 $(PKG).8 $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/man/man8/$(PKG).8
(...)

But when I execute

makepkg 

all is installed inside the folder of the downloaded package, not in the system.

I firstly did it using

sudo make install

in my package() but I read It was not the right way

Last edited by karlospv94 (2017-08-07 18:51:00)

Slithery

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From: Norfolk, UK

Registered: 2013-12-01

Posts: 5,776

Re: [SOLVED] Doubt with make call from package()

DESTDIR should be $pkgdir, not $pkgname.

Can you post your full PKGBUILD please.

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karlospv94

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Registered: 2016-10-12

Posts: 100

Re: [SOLVED] Doubt with make call from package()

DESTDIR should be $pkgdir, not $pkgname.

Can you post your full PKGBUILD please.

I have modified it but I don't get the package installed in the system

pkgname=checkpkg
pkgver=1.0
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Bash script for checking updates of given packages"
arch=('any')
url="https://github.com/carmilso/$pkgname"
license=('GPL3')
source=("https://github.com/carmilso/paccheck/releases/download/v$pkgver/v$pkgver.tar.gz")

package() {
  cd "$pkgname"
  make DESTDIR="$pkgdir" install
}

karlospv94

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Registered: 2016-10-12

Posts: 100

Re: [SOLVED] Doubt with make call from package()

My fault...

I didn't read well the section "Testing the PKGBUILD and package" of https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Creating_packages

Last edited by karlospv94 (2017-08-07 18:50:39)

Slithery

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From: Norfolk, UK

Registered: 2013-12-01

Posts: 5,776

Re: [SOLVED] Doubt with make call from package()

That is correct.

Have you actually installed the package that makepkg has created?

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No, it didn't "fix" anything. It just shifted the brokeness one space to the right. - jasonwryan
Closing -- for deletion; Banning -- for muppetry. - jasonwryan

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karlospv94

Member

Registered: 2016-10-12

Posts: 100

Re: [SOLVED] Doubt with make call from package()

That is correct.

Have you actually installed the package that makepkg has created?

Yes. I forgot installing the ".pkg.tar.xz" with pacman. Now it is well installed.

Thanks!