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ioky

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Registered: 2008-06-19

Posts: 93

Would Pacman work with Manually installed package?

So time people like me, who like to manually build and install a package that aren't yet in the Arch Linux Repo. I was just wondering well, Pacman have any idea on those Package? And for some reason I want to un-install those packages, Would should I do?

Thanks

Allan

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From: Brisbane, AU

Registered: 2007-06-09

Posts: 11,487

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Re: Would Pacman work with Manually installed package?

If you can manually build the package, then it is easy to create a PKGBUILD and then use makepkg to make a package which can be installed by pacman.

Some wiki pages of use:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PKGBUILD
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Makepkg

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Xyne

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Registered: 2008-08-03

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Re: Would Pacman work with Manually installed package?

If you use Makepkg, your package will be treated just like any other package, which includes uninstallation.

If you're going to be making your own packages, I highly recommend creating a custom local repo for yourself: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Cus … repository

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peets

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From: Montreal

Registered: 2007-01-11

Posts: 936

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Re: Would Pacman work with Manually installed package?

And, when your package works, you can upload it to the AUR.

fwojciec

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Registered: 2007-05-20

Posts: 1,411

Re: Would Pacman work with Manually installed package?

And after you're done making your own Arch package, setting up your own custom repo, and sharing your work with others via AUR -- you can just lean back and ponder for a moment how awesome Arch is