Failed to create symbolic link when makepkg

followait · 2021-09-12 05:32:57

pkgname=wxgtk3-my
pkgver=3.1
pkgrel=1
arch=('x86_64')
url="https://wxwidgets.org"
license=('LGPL')
makedepends=('gst-plugins-base' 'glu' 'webkit2gtk' 'libnotify')
options=('strip')
source=("$pkgname-$pkgver"::"git+ssh://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets.git")
sha256sums=('SKIP')
install_prefix="/usr/local"

build() {
    cd "$pkgname-$pkgver"

    cmake -S . \
          -B out -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
          -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$install_prefix" \
          -DwxBUILD_INSTALL=ON \
          -DwxBUILD_SHARED=ON

    cmake --build out
}

package() {  
    pkgdesc='GTK+3 implementation of wxWidgets API for GUI'
    depends=('gtk3' 'gst-plugins-base-libs' 'libsm' 'libxxf86vm' 'libnotify')
    optdepends=('webkit2gtk: for webview support')
    conflicts=('wxgtk<3.0.3.1-2' 'wxgtk3')
    provides=('wxgtk3')

    cd "$pkgname-$pkgver"
    DESTDIR="$pkgdir/" cmake --install out
    ln -s "$install_prefix/lib/wx/config/gtk3-unicode-3.1" "$pkgdir$install_prefix/bin/wx-config-gtk3"
    ln -s "$install_prefix/bin/wxrc-3.1" "$pkgdir$install_prefix/bin/wxrc"
}

CMake Error: failed to create symbolic link '/usr/local/bin/wx-config': Permission denied

Ignore the error, and do ln explicitly in package() can solve the problem.
But better if no error reporting, because it's misleading, it might waste the time of a user of the PKGBUILD.
Any good solution?

Last edited by followait (2021-09-12 06:39:49)

jasonwryan · 2021-09-12 05:54:36

Paste the PKGBUILD, a single line is useless: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=57855

seth · 2021-09-12 06:22:26

It also looks like cmake is trying to create a symlink in an absolute path of the build host?
That's hardly what you want anyway.

followait · 2021-09-12 06:40:53

jasonwryan wrote:

Paste the PKGBUILD, a single line is useless: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=57855

PKGBUILD all there now

seth · 2021-09-12 06:43:27

install_prefix="/usr/local"
-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$install_prefix" \

Lone_Wolf · 2021-09-12 11:38:01

setting install_prefix to /usr gives the same error.

It happens in package() and at the very end of the --install command .
Building with ninja instead of make also gives that error, maybe something in the sourcecode causes it .

A few more comments :

Atleast cmake and git should be added to makedepends .

source=("$pkgname-$pkgver"::"git+ssh://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets.git")

This will fail if the makepkg user doesn't have a valid ssh login configured.
Using git+https instead will retrieve a public read-only copy without needing user configuration.

Incase you do want to stick with ssh access, add openssh to makedepends.
(adding a comment to the PKGBUILD that ssh access needs to be configured may also be useful)

seth · 2021-09-12 12:21:51

I'd say that the install_prefix needs to go somewhere to $pkgdir$install_prefix

The call in package() is probably not the issue since

The OP wrote:

Ignore the error, and do ln explicitly in package() can solve the problem.

followait · 2021-09-12 12:48:40

Lone_Wolf wrote:

setting install_prefix to /usr gives the same error.
It happens in package() and at the very end of the --install command .
Building with ninja instead of make also gives that error, maybe something in the sourcecode causes it .
A few more comments :
Atleast cmake and git should be added to makedepends .
source=("$pkgname-$pkgver"::"git+ssh://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets.git")
This will fail if the makepkg user doesn't have a valid ssh login configured.
Using git+https instead will retrieve a public read-only copy without needing user configuration.
Incase you do want to stick with ssh access, add openssh to makedepends.
(adding a comment to the PKGBUILD that ssh access needs to be configured may also be useful)

Quite useful though I use it privately.
Thanks

Last edited by followait (2021-09-12 12:48:50)

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#1 2021-09-12 05:32:57

Failed to create symbolic link when makepkg

#2 2021-09-12 05:54:36

Re: Failed to create symbolic link when makepkg

#3 2021-09-12 06:22:26

Re: Failed to create symbolic link when makepkg

#4 2021-09-12 06:40:53

Re: Failed to create symbolic link when makepkg

#5 2021-09-12 06:43:27

Re: Failed to create symbolic link when makepkg

#6 2021-09-12 11:38:01

Re: Failed to create symbolic link when makepkg

#7 2021-09-12 12:21:51

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