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empthollow

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Registered: 2009-09-26

Posts: 168

Create Package from /var/lib/pacman/local[SOLVED]

I am trying to get an old version of google earth bcz the 5.2 in aur doesn't start for me.  I have it installed on another system but there is not package in /var/cache/pacman/pkg.  Is it possible for me to create a package based on the info written by pacman in /var/lib/pacman/loca/google-earth-x.xx.?

Last edited by empthollow (2010-07-19 04:02:19)

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karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: Create Package from /var/lib/pacman/local[SOLVED]

You need a PKGBUILD.

Edit:
Who would have thought that AUR packages write to /var/lib/pacman/local ? ;P
I stand corrected: you don't necessarily need a PKGBUILD, you can use bacman.

you can download the previous Google Earth binary from this link
http://dl.google.com/earth/client/advan … hLinux.bin

Last edited by karol (2010-07-19 03:59:29)

Allan

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Registered: 2007-06-09

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Re: Create Package from /var/lib/pacman/local[SOLVED]

You can actually do this...

pacman -S pacman-contrib
bacman google-earth

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empthollow

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Registered: 2009-09-26

Posts: 168

Re: Create Package from /var/lib/pacman/local[SOLVED]

thanks to both of you for the quick responses. bacman worked great, unfortunatly googleearth still doesn't start.  Perhaps I will try rebuilding.

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