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Wanting1378

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[SOLVED] Installing with 'makepkg -si' vs 'pacman -U'?

Hi there. I'm trying to make an install script and wanted to include yay(!), but I can't run 'makepkg -si' as root, and pretending to be a user is problematic.

Searching and testing it seems that I could use 'makepkg' without arguments as user, and then use 'pacman -U' to install the package. However I can't figure out if this is adequate or if it could bring other problems.

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mpan

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Re: [SOLVED] Installing with 'makepkg -si' vs 'pacman -U'?

`makepkg -i` is just invoking `sudo pacman -U build-result.tar.zst`.

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Re: [SOLVED] Installing with 'makepkg -si' vs 'pacman -U'?

If I read this correctly, you are trying to do this logged in a root.  Why?

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Wanting1378

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Re: [SOLVED] Installing with 'makepkg -si' vs 'pacman -U'?

@mpan
Thanks So I understand that the additional '-s' in makepkg is not being replicated and I will have problems with dependencies, or is there some other way for it to do it?

@ewaller
I am making an arch installation script, preferably having it all together and automated. Perhaps it would have been simpler to ask for the cleanest way to install yay/AUR from arch-chroot.

mpan

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Re: [SOLVED] Installing with 'makepkg -si' vs 'pacman -U'?

@mpanThanks So I understand that the additional '-s' in makepkg is not being replicated and I will have problems with dependencies, or is there some other way for it to do it?

`makepkg -s` installs packages needed for building. So while `pacman -U` doesn’t replicate that, there is no sense for it to provide that feature. `pacman -U` will install all (available) dependencies required for package installation, just like `pacman -S` would.

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Wanting1378

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Re: [SOLVED] Installing with 'makepkg -si' vs 'pacman -U'?

Cool! Then it will be noob proof and no additional worries. Thank you again.