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Mahezer

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Registered: 2018-04-03

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Package instalation types

I usually install packages with pacman -S or from AUR.
However, I need to install InfluxDB now, and after running makepkg -S on it, 3 files appeared:

influxdb.install, influxdb.sysusers and influxdb.tmpfiles

I tried executing influxdb.install but no success, and I'm not being able to find much on the internet. Could you help me, please ?

Thanks in advance!

Last edited by Mahezer (2018-04-03 13:34:41)

Trilby

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Registered: 2011-11-29

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Re: Package instalation types

However, I need to install InfluxDB now, and after running makepkg -S on it, 3 files appeared:

influxdb.install, influxdb.sysusers and influxdb.tmpfiles

This doesn't make any sense.  What exactly did you do?  Those three files would have been downloaded from the AUR with the PKGBUILD, then running makepkg  makes a package.  Post your complete commands and all output.
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=57855

EDIT: actually this makes some sense, if you actually did use `makepkg -S` (not `makepkg -s`) then you would create a source-only tarball, and that tarball would include the three files you mentioned (but they would already have been in your current working directory).

Last edited by Trilby (2018-04-03 14:07:01)

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V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

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Re: Package instalation types

Those three files are part of the package source.

However it is likely that you wanted to run makepkg -s and not -S