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windtalker

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Registered: 2008-03-17

Posts: 220

Problem installing a package from AUR

I'm not expecting anyone to install this package just to try and answer my question but,,

I have /home on a 10 gig space ext3 and it's only 2% full.

When I try and install doom3-phantasm, the package downloads, builds and when it's time to install a window says not enough space to install.
No way this single game is over 9.5 gigs.
I'm not even seeing where it's trying to install to.
Is this a problem with the package build or am I not seeing something?

brebs

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Registered: 2007-04-03

Posts: 3,742

Re: Problem installing a package from AUR

I wrote the pkgbuild, so I've got it installed

$ pacman -Ql doom3-phantasm
doom3-phantasm /opt/
doom3-phantasm /opt/doom3/
doom3-phantasm /opt/doom3/phantasm/
doom3-phantasm /opt/doom3/phantasm/config.spec
doom3-phantasm /opt/doom3/phantasm/description.txt
doom3-phantasm /opt/doom3/phantasm/guis/
doom3-phantasm /opt/doom3/phantasm/guis/assets/
doom3-phantasm /opt/doom3/phantasm/guis/assets/splash/
doom3-phantasm /opt/doom3/phantasm/guis/assets/splash/launch.tga
doom3-phantasm /opt/doom3/phantasm/pak999.pk4
doom3-phantasm /opt/doom3/phantasm/phantasma.pk4
doom3-phantasm /usr/
doom3-phantasm /usr/bin/
doom3-phantasm /usr/bin/doom3-phantasm
doom3-phantasm /usr/share/
doom3-phantasm /usr/share/applications/
doom3-phantasm /usr/share/applications/doom3-phantasm.desktop
doom3-phantasm /usr/share/licenses/
doom3-phantasm /usr/share/licenses/doom3-phantasm/
doom3-phantasm /usr/share/licenses/doom3-phantasm/LICENSE

Alternatively, take a look in the "pkg" directory of where you built it, or just examine the .pkg.tar.gz installation file.

What does this show:

df -h

Last edited by brebs (2008-04-04 01:00:53)

windtalker

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Registered: 2008-03-17

Posts: 220

Re: Problem installing a package from AUR

I was using yaourt and this is about the third time I've used it.
I wouldn't have a clue where it was built as I'm still getting used to the way yaourt does things.

I may just go ahead and build it the ./configure way to save on some frustration.

Are all the depends included in the package?

brebs

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Registered: 2007-04-03

Posts: 3,742

Re: Problem installing a package from AUR

That's one of the big problems with such tools - it makes users lazy and uninformed

There is no configure script, so ./configure will be useless.

windtalker

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Registered: 2008-03-17

Posts: 220

Re: Problem installing a package from AUR

n/p
If I can't figure out this yaourt thingy, there's a link to where you originally got the game from in your package I'll wager.

brebs

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Registered: 2007-04-03

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Re: Problem installing a package from AUR

Ho hum. Well, you're using a distro which isn't Linux From Scratch. You're under the control of your distro's package manager, whether you like it or not. The sooner you learn to take an interest in how pacman & pkgbuilds work, the better.

The point about Linux is a symbiotic thing. Use the pkgbuild and I can help with a problem, because I know what it's done. Do your own thing and you're on your own.

Last edited by brebs (2008-04-04 01:51:48)

windtalker

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Registered: 2008-03-17

Posts: 220

Re: Problem installing a package from AUR

Well now,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
I have taken an interest and I'm told to read several things.
Then when I read em and ask a question I'm told what I've read is out of date.
Then when I imply I'll install like I've done with every other linux distro I've used I'm told, Ho Hum, do it and you're on your own.
Well, I guess I'm on my own cuz i sure ain't learning anything this way.

bender02

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From: UK

Registered: 2007-02-04

Posts: 1,328

Re: Problem installing a package from AUR

Well now....
That thing out of date was *1 line*. The explanation how the package manager/packages/makepkg work is *not* out of date. "Learning" does not mean that you are supposed to copy/paste.
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You can of course use the usual '... make install...' procedure. Except it will create files in your filesystem, about which pacman knows nothing, so you need to take care about them yourself. For instance, updating to a newer version is a pain in the lower back. But if that's the way you're used to doing things, nobody is going to stop you - but it's also going to be harder to get some help on these forums, since most people use pacman/abs/makepkg.
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Now to your problem: Packages are not installed to /home, so you should check how much space do you have on your root partition. Most packages install to the usual directories: /usr, ...
brebs has shown you where does this particular package install.
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Instead of yaourt, you could start reading about ABS. As brebs already said, yaourt hides too much from the user.

Last edited by bender02 (2008-04-04 03:31:29)

windtalker

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Registered: 2008-03-17

Posts: 220

Re: Problem installing a package from AUR

I did read abs. I've fixed my prob.
Arch doesn't exist anymore.