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InfernalDante

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From: British Columbia

Registered: 2011-05-27

Posts: 9

[SOLVED] Yaourt issue - query's dependency (yajl) not installing

First off, I'm fairly new to Arch, but with the assistance of the Beginner's Guide I managed to get a running, beautiful, simple system. Now...

I've been trying to install yaourt, but it has a dependency (query) which ALSO has a dependency (yajl). I've tried downloading a tarball of yajl and installing it that way, and I've tried using the PKGBUILD file, but query still says that it isn't installed. I'm really not sure what I'm doing wrong, but any relevant input is welcome. Thanks, guys!

Last edited by InfernalDante (2011-05-27 11:36:45)

SS4

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From: !Rochford, Essex

Registered: 2010-12-05

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Re: [SOLVED] Yaourt issue - query's dependency (yajl) not installing

Are you up to date? If not, make sure you are

I would download the makepkg from the AUR and pass the -s switch. From man makepkg

-s, --syncdeps
           Install missing dependencies using pacman. When build-time or run-time dependencies are not found, pacman will try to resolve them. If successful, the missing packages will be
           downloaded and installed

Alternatively add the [archlinuxfr] repo and install yaourt using pacman (details are mentioned on the yaourt wiki page)

Last edited by SS4 (2011-05-27 11:24:06)

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InfernalDante

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From: British Columbia

Registered: 2011-05-27

Posts: 9

Re: [SOLVED] Yaourt issue - query's dependency (yajl) not installing

Thanks for the speedy response.

I tried using the -s switch with query; yajl installed with no issues, as did query (or so the terminal said), but when I tried the same switch with yaourt, it gave me this:

[dante@monster yaourt]$ makepkg -s
==> Making package: yaourt 0.10.1-2 (Thu May 26 21:29:05 PDT 2011)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Installing missing dependencies...
error: target not found: package-query>=0.7
==> ERROR: 'pacman' failed to install missing dependencies.

Am I doing something wrong?

EDIT: Missed your edit. I'll try that now and report back when I do.

Ah! I got it working. Thank you very much!

Last edited by InfernalDante (2011-05-27 11:35:44)