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#1 2009-11-23 22:42:06
- xn123
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dwm wiki error
When I try to follow the installation steps on the wiki, I get errors. If I follow them as the root user, makepkg complains about running as root. If I run them as a normal user it complains about not finding sudo. Someone might need to tweak the wiki and insert what user ID the steps should be followed as. It would help the newbies.
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#2 2009-11-23 22:56:45
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Re: dwm wiki error
What does 'pacman -Q sudo' show? Maybe you don't have it installed?
'pacman -S dwm' installs dwm. If you want to customize it though you need to recompile it (you probably know it).
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#3 2009-11-23 22:57:10
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Re: dwm wiki error
Each of the commands in the wiki is precede by a # - indicating root, or a $ for normal user.
Did they not work for you?
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#4 2009-11-23 23:01:56
- llcawthorne
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Re: dwm wiki error
Complained about not finding sudo? First question, is sudo installed and working on your system? (try typing 'sudo make me a sandwich' it should prompt you for a password and then give you an error around an undefined make rule).
I had a different problem running makepkg -efi from the wiki, so I ended up running makepkg -cfi. Not really sure the difference. It didn't overwrite my config.h though (which is what I worried about without the e), and it seemed to do the job, although I haven't tried logging in with DWM yet to see if it took the changes I made.
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#5 2009-11-23 23:01:59
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Re: dwm wiki error
When I try to follow the installation steps on the wiki, I get errors. If I follow them as the root user, makepkg complains about running as root. If I run them as a normal user it complains about not finding sudo. Someone might need to tweak the wiki and insert what user ID the steps should be followed as. It would help the newbies.
Hmmmmmmm.......
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#6 2009-11-24 10:40:47
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Re: dwm wiki error
xn123 wrote:When I try to follow the installation steps on the wiki, I get errors. If I follow them as the root user, makepkg complains about running as root. If I run them as a normal user it complains about not finding sudo. Someone might need to tweak the wiki and insert what user ID the steps should be followed as. It would help the newbies.
Hmmmmmmm.......
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Arch Linux is aimed at competent GNU/Linux users...
Perhaps the competent thing is to include the sudo package as a dependency of the abs package, or as a dependency in the make file. Running the suggested commands should never result in an error.
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#7 2009-11-24 10:42:09
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Re: dwm wiki error
Each of the commands in the wiki is precede by a # - indicating root, or a $ for normal user.
Did they not work for you?
You are correct, it's been a while since I used linux, and I didn't catch that. That, and I didn't have sudo installed (or configured).
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#8 2009-11-24 14:29:34
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Re: dwm wiki error
Solved?
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#9 2009-11-24 14:35:48
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Re: dwm wiki error
Gen2ly wrote:xn123 wrote:When I try to follow the installation steps on the wiki, I get errors. If I follow them as the root user, makepkg complains about running as root. If I run them as a normal user it complains about not finding sudo. Someone might need to tweak the wiki and insert what user ID the steps should be followed as. It would help the newbies.
Hmmmmmmm.......
From the BG:
Arch Linux is aimed at competent GNU/Linux users...
Perhaps the competent thing is to include the sudo package as a dependency of the abs package, or as a dependency in the make file. Running the suggested commands should never result in an error.
sudo isn't a dependency of the abs package because it's not required to use it. I believe you are having issues with 'makepkg -i' which does require sudo. This is simply a convenience, alternatively don't use the -i flag, and install the resulting package as root.
As a general note.. if you've never used a tool mentioned in a wiki page, you may want to read up about it.
Edit: spelling
Last edited by rson451 (2009-11-24 17:59:19)
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