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synthead

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Registered: 2006-05-09

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Confused silly about the AUR

I've heard of this package in the AUR, that package in the AUR ... how do I download from the AUR??   I haven't a clue ... aahhh, haha.

synthead

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Registered: 2006-05-09

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Re: Confused silly about the AUR

It's not just the [community] lines in /etc/pacman.conf is it?  Cause I've heard from word of mouth that cedega is in the AUR ... it's not in the community repos though ... so ...

arooaroo

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Registered: 2005-01-13

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Re: Confused silly about the AUR

The AUR is a repository of PKGBUILDs. PKGBUILDs, as you may know, are the meta-files that the Arch Build System (ABS) uses as its starting point for creating binary packages.

Typically you download binary packages via pacman, but you could if you so choose build the packages yourself.

Info on ABS: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ABS … ild_System

The AUR replaced the old situation where user-created PKGBUILDs were being stored in the forums, which wasn't the most user friendly. So the AUR database was created to centralise the storage of these pkgbuilds. However, the AUR doesn't make it any quicker to build these packages. You still need to download the pkgbuild, run makepkg and then install with pacman.

Try the wiki first: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Category:AUR

Make your life easier by using aurbuild:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Aurbuild

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synthead

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Registered: 2006-05-09

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Re: Confused silly about the AUR

ahhhh, I see ... I'm gonna be trying it out then, thanks!

T-Dawg

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From: Charlotte, NC

Registered: 2005-01-29

Posts: 2,736

Re: Confused silly about the AUR

If you decide to use aurbuild, make the manpage your bible. I haven't updated that wiki in a while.