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tony

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Registered: 2004-10-11

Posts: 108

XIGE HELP

I would like to ask for XIGE PKGBUILD. I've tried to build it myself but without any success. My  PKGBUILD didn't work.:cry:

My PKGBUILD:
pkgname=xigewm
pkgver=xigewm 0.1.2.
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="window manager for X"
url="http://estudiantes.univalle.edu.co/~juanjmed/xigewm/eng/index.html"
license="GPL"
depends=()
makedepends=()
conflicts=()
replaces=()
backup=()
install=
source=(http://estudiantes.univalle.edu.co/~juanjmed/xigewm/packages/xigewm-0.1.2.tar.gz)
md5sums=()

build() {
  cd $startdir/src/$pkgname-$pkgver
  ./configure --prefix=/usr
  make || return 1
  make DESTDIR=$startdir/pkg install
}

And error:
[root@myhost xige]# makepkg
./PKGBUILD: line 2: 0.1.2.: command not found
==> Making package: xigewm  (Sun May 22 08:48:56 CEST 2005)
==> Checking Runtime Dependencies...
==> Checking Buildtime Dependencies...
==> Retrieving Sources...
==>     Using local copy of xigewm-0.1.2.tar.gz
==> WARNING: MD5sums are missing or incomplete.  Cannot verify source integrity.
==> Extracting Sources...
==>     tar --use-compress-program=gzip -xf xigewm-0.1.2.tar.gz
==> Removing existing pkg/ directory...
==> Starting build()...
./PKGBUILD: line 17: cd: /var/abs/local/xige/src/xigewm-: No such file or directory
./PKGBUILD: line 18: ./configure: No such file or directory
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop.
==> ERROR: Build Failed.  Aborting...

Link to official page:
http://estudiantes.univalle.edu.co/~jua … index.html

Thank you in advance.

dtw

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Registered: 2004-08-03

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Re: XIGE HELP

change the:

pkgver=xigewm 0.1.2.

to

pkgver=0.1.2

and try again!

tony

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Registered: 2004-10-11

Posts: 108

Re: XIGE HELP

Thank you dibblethewrecker. The first help helped but there is still some problem:

cp -rf data/XIGE/ /usr/X11/share
cp: cannot create directory `/usr/X11/share': No such file or directory
make: *** [install] Error 1
==> ERROR: Build Failed.  Aborting...

this apeared during the build process. 

Any suggestions  :cry:

tony

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Registered: 2004-10-11

Posts: 108

Re: XIGE HELP

So I've changed directories but still new one appeared:

cp: cannot stat `src/xigewm/xigewm': No such file or directory
make: *** [install] Error 1
==> ERROR: Build Failed.  Aborting...

:cry:

dtw

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Re: XIGE HELP

that looks bad

my suggestions are to untar the source tarball and read the instructions for compiling it and try to do so with even using the PKGBUILD and skip the make install stage - when you got that sorted you can put that info in the PKGBUILD

if you ahve no idea what I am talking about either hit the wiki for some serious reading about makepkg and compiling source or wait till someone posts a working PKGBUILD

tony

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Registered: 2004-10-11

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Re: XIGE HELP

Well as you posted I have no idea so it means I'll try to read some topics but I'm noob :cry:  no much chance for me.

Anyway, Thank you very much dibblethewrecker for your help.

dtw

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Re: XIGE HELP

Well as you posted I have no idea so it means I'll try to read some topics but I'm noob :cry:  no much chance for me.

your defeatest attitude is likely to hurt you more than your lack of knowledge - i could try and explain it all to you myself but someone already did that - it's called the wiki and the docs - they really are worth reading and if you take your time they'll make sense.

once you figure some of it out for yourself you'll understand it better - we all had to learn that way too!

dtw

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Re: XIGE HELP

actually, tony, to be frank, the person that created this software and put it together is complete idiot.  i could not  honestly expect anyone to easily turn this software into a Arch pkg

Running this idiots configure script and makefile could seriously screw up your system - i would avoid the whole project like the plague!

tony

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Registered: 2004-10-11

Posts: 108

Re: XIGE HELP

Thank you dibblethewrecker. As you you've said Wiki is really good - no doubt about that. I read everything about linux as much as I can but honestly I don't have enough time at least not as much as I'd like to have. Back to XIGE if experienced linux(even Archer;)  )user like you are says that this project stinks I believe it.

Thank you.

dtw

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Re: XIGE HELP

yeah - avoid it!