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niM_xaM

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Registered: 2011-02-05

Posts: 2

Catalyst-utils 11.1-2 error while doing makepkg -c ?

Hi guys,

I'm setting up a new Arch system and as I have ATI card, I'd like to install the proprietary Catalyst driver (most recent one v11.1-2). So I downloaded the tarball from AUR, following the instructions in https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ATI_Catalyst , and when i got to the makepkg -c step (under Stock Kernel installation), I am getting this error:

Editing fakeroot environment...
Starting package()...
ln: target 'Folders/catalyst-utils/pkg/usr/lib/dri/fglrx_dri.so' is not a directory
   Aborting...

and I was dropped to prompt

Does anyone know what happenned? could it be that there are some errors in the files that came from the tarball? like some typo in the PKGBUILD file maybe?
I'm quite new to Arch and have never done installation with ATI card before, how do I install the proprietary driver successfully?

Thanks much in advance guys

niM_xaM

azleifel

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Registered: 2007-10-28

Posts: 486

Re: Catalyst-utils 11.1-2 error while doing makepkg -c ?

The wiki article is a little out of date.

Requisites
catalyst-utils 11.1-2 - https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=40833
catalyst 11.1-2 - https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=29111
lib32-catalyst-utils 11.1-2 - http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=24824  (optional for x86_64 systems)

Process

• Build and install catalyst-utils

• Build and install lib32-catalyst-utils (optional)

• Build and install catalyst

• Follow the ATI Catalyst wiki article from 'Note: If pacman will ask you about removing libgl - you may safely say "Y"'

niM_xaM

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Registered: 2011-02-05

Posts: 2

Re: Catalyst-utils 11.1-2 error while doing makepkg -c ?

Thanks for the reply azleifel, it worked like a charm

I was using packages I download from the AUR (search using keyword "Catalyst" ), and those packages dont seem to work. The moment I tried the packages you provided, it worked (but yours are from AUR too) .. maybe there slightly different versions exist in the AUR?

Just in case this might help others in installing Catalyst to their Arch system, here's what I did:

1. Download the tarball of those packages from the links provided by azleifel

2. uncompress the tarballs

$ tar xzvf catalyst-utils.tar.gz

$ tar xzvf catalyst.tar.gz

3. get into the catalyst-utils directory first (order seems to be important here) and build then install it

$ makepkg -csi

4. copy the file which starts with ati-driver-* into the "catalyst" directory (the other uncompressed directory), then change into that directory and build then install it

$ makepkg -csi

5. follow the section in the Catalyst ArchWiki from "Note: If pacman will ask you about removing libgl - you may safely say "Y""

6. That's it!

Cheers

niM_xaM