How do you build a package from AUR ?

adamk · 2006-09-15 02:42:47

The user guidelines says a bunch of stuff - get package, untar it,
check PKGBUILD.

But then it says, 'go build the package'

I think this needs to be explained a little more in that guideline file.

Thanks.

lessthanjake · 2006-09-15 03:40:41

I agree it's not the best explanation, but all you need to do is type makepkg.

tomk · 2006-09-15 07:26:16

From the AUR User Guidelines, Section 3.1, "Using Packages from UNSUPPORTED":

It is suggested you use fakeroot to build pkgs (see below), so having manually confirmed the integrity of the files simply run makepkg as a normal user in the build dir. The source files will be downloaded, verified and built as normal.

(My emphasis)

Mr Green · 2006-09-15 09:25:50

aurbuild?

adamk · 2006-09-15 13:40:38

Yes, makepkg is the answer, but I was trying to build and install a package from AUR.

I did something like:

makepkg
cd ../
pacman -A dir/<new>

Showing this is helpful...

Thanks.

lumiwa · 2006-09-15 14:06:51

I do "makepkg" but (maybe I am doing something wrong) for many programs I need first download a *tar.bz2 or whatever it is to my computer, correct PKGBUILD and it works (pages where they asked for download location).

dadexter · 2006-09-15 14:24:08

The assumption is that you already know how to install a package

Snarkout · 2006-09-19 13:16:59

Aurbuild FTW. I recommend you actually read the PKGBUILDs and try to get an idea of what they are doing though. This way, eventually you'll be able to write your own PKGBUILDS.

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How do you build a package from AUR ?

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Re: How do you build a package from AUR ?

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