Cower command and use

Tripsun · 2011-02-26 07:44:46

Hi,
I have been trying out different AUR helpers, and have now downloaded cower. I was wondering if someone could verify that this is the correct way to use (so that I don't break something )

For example, if I wanted to download Abiword-light and it's dependencies and then build it? Would I do the following:

cower -dd abiword-light

and then makepkg in each folder that is downloaded? How would i know in which order to build the various dependencies, etc. Essentially, I would like to learn how to do the equivalent of yaourt -S abiword-light. Thank you very much for the help.

Allan · 2011-02-26 07:53:58

You could either look in each PKGBUILD and figure out what order to build it in, or start with abiword-light and see what makepkg complains about missing and then move on to building that.

Tripsun · 2011-02-26 08:03:33

Thank you for your response. I am fairly new to linux, so what exactly would be the benefit of performing these steps manually versus simply yaourt -S abiword-light? (wouldn't it be a huge hassle for a large file with 15+ dependencies, for example).

Last edited by Tripsun (2011-02-26 08:04:02)

Allan · 2011-02-26 08:10:36

cower is designed for just retrieving PKGBUILDs and not building them. The idea being you actually know what is being done during the build stages. The main advantage of cower is it is less prone to breakage. If you want everything done use yaourt/clyde/baurerbill/etc.

Tripsun · 2011-02-26 08:18:30

Thank you for the clarification, Allan.

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Cower command and use

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