[SOLVED] custom PKGBUILD gnome-shell-extension-gtile not working

Veldora · 2023-05-11 15:46:47

Hi

I'm trying to create a PKGBUILD for the gTile extension for gnome-shell, which currently can't be updated in the repos, since there is no github-release for version 52, which supports Gnome 44. However it's available on extensions.gnome.org.

I like to do without the package, which is available in the AUR, as this does not fall back on the stable version but compiles the master branch directly.

Now I tried to create my own PKGBUILD, which downloads the zip file from extensions.gnome.org.

Here it is:

pkgname=gnome-shell-extension-gtile
pkgver=52
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="A window tiling extension for Gnome"
arch=('any')
url="https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/28/gtile/"
license=('GPL2+')
depends=('gnome-shell')
makedepends=('unzip')
conflicts=("${pkgname}-git")
source=("${pkgname}-${pkgver}.zip::https://extensions.gnome.org/extension-data/gTilevibou.v52.shell-extension.zip")
sha256sums=("a624292ae3b6c7ba0f27e3569236f8051d32b2e7c6e4503848b9181cbfb7ecd6")

package() {
  install -d "${pkgdir}/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/gTile@vibou"
  unzip -o ${pkgname}-${pkgver}.zip -d ${pkgdir}/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/gTile\@vibou

  install -d "${pkgdir}/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas"
  ln -s /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/gTile@vibou/schemas/org.gnome.shell.extensions.gtile.gschema.xml \
  "${pkgdir}/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas"
}

The problem is, whenever I install the package and logout and then back into gnome, the extension is not visible nor can't it be activated.
Is there a problem, how Gnome 44 handles extensions?

I even took the original PKGBUILD as a reference:
https://github.com/archlinux/svntogit-c … k/PKGBUILD

When installing the official package, the extension is visible in the gnome-extensions application, but not usable, since it's only supported for Gnome 43.

I really can't tell, where the problem is.
The files are all available in their paths, so nothing is missing.

Thank you very much for helping.

Last edited by Veldora (2023-05-12 11:24:04)

Lone_Wolf · 2023-05-12 10:08:01

No idea (I don't use gnome) , but if you check https://github.com/gTile/gTile/commits/master you'll notice that the last commit to master IS the commit that makes it version 52 .

A simple way to build from source and ensure you always get version 52 is to build that exact commit .

git clone the files for gnome-shell-extension-gtile-git and open its PKGBUILD in your fav text editor.

Look for the source= line ( source=("${pkgname%-git}::git+https://github.com/gTile/gTile.git") )

Add the commit hash for that specific commit jus before the closing " so the line becomes

source=("${pkgname%-git}::git+https://github.com/gTile/gTile.gitf19decf6b4296d89158303c5cb5e49d953d2896f")

build with makepkg , install with pacman -U .

Last edited by Lone_Wolf (2023-05-12 10:08:56)

Veldora · 2023-05-12 10:28:53

Very interesting procedure.
Didn't know, that you could put the commit-hash behind .git, to clone the exact commit.

But is it normal, that if I clone it, that git asks for my GitHub credentials, even though the project is public?

Lone_Wolf · 2023-05-12 10:41:24

No it's not. Seems I forgot to add the #commit= part that makes this work to the source= line .

source=("${pkgname%-git}::git+https://github.com/gTile/gTile.git#commit=f19decf6b4296d89158303c5cb5e49d953d2896f")

Veldora · 2023-05-12 11:23:52

Brilliant!
This is a suitable solution without great effort.

Thank you very much.

Arch Linux

#1 2023-05-11 15:46:47

[SOLVED] custom PKGBUILD gnome-shell-extension-gtile not working

#2 2023-05-12 10:08:01

Re: [SOLVED] custom PKGBUILD gnome-shell-extension-gtile not working

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Re: [SOLVED] custom PKGBUILD gnome-shell-extension-gtile not working

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Re: [SOLVED] custom PKGBUILD gnome-shell-extension-gtile not working

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Re: [SOLVED] custom PKGBUILD gnome-shell-extension-gtile not working

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