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evanc

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Libspatialindex - Issues

Hello, I am trying to install libspatialindex and the AUR package for it is depreciated (libspatialindex-git). I would like to install using pacman because I am afraid I will mess things up if I do it another way. Is there a simpler way of doing it than following the creating package listing in the Arch Wiki? If I do it, is there a way I can update the pkgbuild in the aur to the one that I made for other people in my situation, or will I need to submit it as an entirely seperate one. Thanks for the help.

Scimmia

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Re: Libspatialindex - Issues

Any reason you can't use spatialindex from Community?

Lone_Wolf

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Re: Libspatialindex - Issues

EDIT : or use the repo version as Scimmia points out

Git packages are seldom out of date, but a quick check suggest upstream moved their build system from autotools to cmake and possibly made other changes.

The maintainer updated another of their packages very recently, please post an aur comment that the package is broken now.

Do you need the package urgently or can you wait  a few days to see if the maintainer responds ?

Last edited by Lone_Wolf (2020-04-01 13:23:39)

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evanc

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Registered: 2020-03-04

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Re: Libspatialindex - Issues

Well I am new to this but the package was listed out of date in early februrary and nothing has changed....

Trilby

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Re: Libspatialindex - Issues

Where are you getting that?  The package in [community] has not been flagged out of date, nor is it out of date.

EDIT: Oh, the AUR package has been flagged out of date.  First, that flag was in error - it is not out of date, perhaps broken, but not out of date.  But more importantly, the question was why not use the package from [community]?  THAT one is fine.

Do not use AUR packages of something that available in the main repos unless you know what you are doing and have very good reason to do so.

Last edited by Trilby (2020-04-01 14:54:35)

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evanc

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Re: Libspatialindex - Issues

How do I get the community package?

I need it to install rtree for python

Last edited by evanc (2020-04-01 15:16:38)

evanc

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Re: Libspatialindex - Issues

And, you both are right. It worked when using the community library spatialindex. Thank you for the help.

2ManyDogs

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Re: Libspatialindex - Issues

Please remember to mark your thread [SOLVED] (edit the title of your first post).

Trilby

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Re: Libspatialindex - Issues

I need it to install rtree for python

*headdesk*

So it was a total XY question, and you didn't bother to ask pacman:

# pacman -S python-rtree
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Package (2)             New Version  Net Change  Download Size

community/spatialindex  1.9.3-1        1.28 MiB       0.28 MiB
community/python-rtree  0.9.4-1        0.27 MiB       0.04 MiB

Total Download Size:   0.32 MiB
Total Installed Size:  1.55 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n]

One of the primary purposes of a package manager is to manage dependencies for you.  Please learn to use pacman before you do damage to your system.

Last edited by Trilby (2020-04-01 16:04:59)

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