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Hello everyone,
I have been reading these forums for a while as I plod along building an Arch system. I emigrated from Windows about 2 years ago and arrived at Arch via Ubuntu and many other distros.
So I did shortcut and use the installer, I confess, and I've been building on this. I did almost complete an Arch build from scratch about 6 months ago but work stopped me and I worked on other Linux things that I could do.
In my Arch build I have had some great advances (for me at least - a beginner). I now have my wifi selectable via applet in my xfce panel, I worked out how to access my windows samba shares by configuring Thunar (I have been trying to work this out for ages - got it!). Plus installed my bespoke array of apps. I also stole the Deepin wallpapers (now my xfce desktop) from one of my other failed installs as I worked out how to use the installer! Small I am sure compared to Arch veterans, but bear with me. Now I get why people rave about Arch Linux. But I'm stuck on a couple of things so here I am.
I want to get Mullvad up and running and don't understand how to build things yet which I think is what the mullvad-vpn AUR path is. I couldn't find any other guides so I decided to use a gui from github and extracted the github gz file (https://github.com/corrad1nho/qomui) to get these files
CHANGELOG.md MANIFEST.in README.md screenshots setup.cfg systemd VERSION
LICENSE qomui resources scripts setup.py TODO.md
So before I can do anything with this I'm figuring I need python to run the above?
So I download python, the latest which is 3.10.4. I have the folder output below. Bottom line is that don't know how to proceed from here. I have found some things on the net but nothing that convinces me that its correct and I don't want to download crap or bugger up this system because its currently humming along. So I'm asking here to see if this is where I can get a hand, or pointer from. Obviously I need something from the files below, but I know not what. As I type this I feel that I should have been able to find the answer on the net, but I couldn't. True.
I'm more than happy with pointers to information that I can digest. I'm not afraid to beaver away and work for my solutions.
Doc Mac Parser README.rst
CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md Grammar Makefile.pre.in PC setup.py
config.guess Include Misc PCbuild Tools
config.sub install-sh Modules Programs
configure Lib netlify.toml pyconfig.h.in
configure.ac LICENSE Objects Python
The other thing that I can't get clear information about is how to install LibreOffice. I have found this: https://www.linuxfordevices.com/tutoria … ce-on-arch
Its not dated so I didn't want to wade into it. Can someone cast an eye over it? Or point me somewhere? I am aware of the danger of cut/pasting stuff off the internet so here I am asking.
If I have overstepped with requests to check out a site out or or other I apologize. One can but ask.
Thanks so much in advance if some enlighteners grace me with a light down the path.
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Last edited by hulagirl (2022-05-13 07:55:41)
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Bottom line is that don't know how to proceed from here.
You must write a PKGBUILD and build it using makepkg. Since that’s a Python package, you may find the Python PKGBUILD guide helpful. A person identifying as micwoj92 has already posted a qomui PKGBUILD of their own in AUR, so you may use it as an example.
The other thing that I can't get clear information about is how to install LibreOffice.
sudo pacman -S libreoffice-still
How to install LibreOffice on Arch Linux is described in the wiki, along with all other supplementary information.
Last edited by mpan (2022-05-13 08:51:45)
Sometimes I seem a bit harsh — don’t get offended too easily!
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Let's back up a bit. Let's start with Python. It looks like you downloaded the source for Python; trust me, that is not what you want to do. What is the output of pacman -Q python ? If it reports something like python 3.10.4-1, then Python is already installed. If not, then do a pacman -Syu python.
Not sure what is the relationship between mullvad and Libreoffice,but follow the link mpan provided for LibreOffice.
mullvad-vpn is available in the AUR. To build the package, follow the instructions here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Arch_U … g_packages
Work the problem following the references we have provided. We will be happy to assist with specific questions when you hit a wall.
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Thanking you all for your attention and tips here. I'll check this out and see how I go.
Thanks a bunch.
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