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nibazshab

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[Solved] How to build pkg that can be install in the home directory ?

I notice https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Systemd/User say that

~/.local/share/systemd/user/    -   where units of packages that have been installed in the home directory belong.

so how to build packages that can be install in the home directory ?

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cryptearth

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Re: [Solved] How to build pkg that can be install in the home directory ?

you don't/can't
by definition pacman/packages are meant to not touch /home at all

nibazshab

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Re: [Solved] How to build pkg that can be install in the home directory ?

you don't/can't
by definition pacman/packages are meant to not touch /home at all

ok thanks

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Re: [Solved] How to build pkg that can be install in the home directory ?

User units for systemd should be installed under /usr/lib/systemd/user/, which is the location given next in your wiki link.

Packages that require modifications in $HOME usually leave a message in the postinstall script to tell the user what needs to be done.

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nibazshab

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Re: [Solved] How to build pkg that can be install in the home directory ?

I see it.

/usr/lib/systemd/user/ work with units of packages
/etc/systemd/user/ , ~/.config/systemd/user/ work with custom units.

I think that Wiki tell me ~/.local/share/systemd/user/ also work with units of packages not custom units, so maybe have some way can build a package just install into $HOME ?

That's what I think.

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cryptearth

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Re: [Solved] How to build pkg that can be install in the home directory ?

maybe have some way can build a package just install into $HOME ?

NO! full stop!
packages are meant to NOT affect /home un ANY way at all!
have a look at citrix icaclient: after setup it tells you "please copy these files from /usr/... to /home/..."

loqs

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Re: [Solved] How to build pkg that can be install in the home directory ?

so how to build packages that can be install in the home directory ?

What do you mean by a package that can be installed in the home directory?

nibazshab

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Re: [Solved] How to build pkg that can be install in the home directory ?

What do you mean by a package that can be installed in the home directory?

Mean that since ~/.local/share/systemd/user/ can be save Systemd Units, so a foo.pkg.tar.zst also can insall to $HOME like ~/.local/bin/, ~/.local/share/, ~/.local/etc/foo/foo.conf ....

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nibazshab

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Re: [Solved] How to build pkg that can be install in the home directory ?

NO! full stop!
packages are meant to NOT affect /home un ANY way at all!
have a look at citrix icaclient: after setup it tells you "please copy these files from /usr/... to /home/..."

Yes, I already know about it.

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Re: [Solved] How to build pkg that can be install in the home directory ?

Mean that since ~/.local/share/systemd/user/ can be save Systemd Units, so a foo.pkg.tar.zst also can insall to $HOME like ~/.local/bin/, ~/.local/share/, ~/.config/foo/foo.conf ....

Any package that does that violates arch packaging guidelines.

If you want to manage user services under /home/user , look for other methods then a package.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Dotfiles should give you some ideas.

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Try clean chroot manager by graysky

loqs

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Re: [Solved] How to build pkg that can be install in the home directory ?

Mean that since ~/.local/share/systemd/user/ can be save Systemd Units, so a foo.pkg.tar.zst also can insall to $HOME like ~/.local/bin/, ~/.local/share/, ~/.local/etc/foo/foo.conf ....

$HOME and ~ would be taken from the user running makepkg which locks that built package to being usable by that user on that system. It also makes assumptions about when $HOME is mounted.