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rumata

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Registered: 2025-10-08

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[SOLVED] PKGBUILD for cmake+git produces empty package

This is my first PKGBUILD so bare with me please if the question is stupid.
I have a C++ project on github that I am trying to turn into a package to upload to AUR.
The project is built with the following CMakeLists.txt:

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.28)
project(MyProject LANGUAGES CXX)

set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin)

include(FetchContent)
FetchContent_Declare(SFML
    GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/SFML/SFML.git
    GIT_TAG 3.0.1
    GIT_SHALLOW ON
    EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
    SYSTEM)
FetchContent_MakeAvailable(SFML)

add_executable(main WIN32 src/main.cxx)
target_link_options(main PRIVATE
  $<$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:MSVC>:/ENTRY:mainCRTStartup>
)
file(COPY "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/media" DESTINATION "${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/")
target_compile_features(main PRIVATE cxx_std_17)
target_link_libraries(main PRIVATE SFML::Graphics)

It produces a binary file and a directory with media files at bin/ subdirectory. What should be in my package() function to correctly install the binary with media files.
My PKGBUILD

pkgname=myproject
pkgver=v0.1.0.alpha.r0.gbb91f88
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="MyProject"
arch=('x86_64')
url="https://github.com/anonymous/${pkgname}"
license=('MIT')
depends=('cmake')
makedepends=('git' 'cmake' 'base-devel')

source=("git+${url}.git")
sha256sums=('SKIP')

pkgver() {
    cd "${pkgname}"
    git describe --long --tags | sed 's/^v-//;s/\([^-]*-g\)/r\1/;s/-/./g' | sed 's/\([^-]*-\)g/\1r/' | sed 's/\([^-]*\)-\([^-]*\)/r\2.g/'
}

build() {
    mkdir -p "${srcdir}/build"
    cd "${srcdir}/build"

    cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
        -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
        "${srcdir}/${pkgname}"
    make
}

package() {
    cd "${srcdir}/build"
    make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install
}

UPDATE I am catching up to my stupidity, I forgot to add install() to my cmake config.

install(TARGETS main DESTINATION bin)
install(DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/media/" DESTINATION share/myproject)

Last edited by rumata (2025-10-08 19:07:34)