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I'm new to Arch but I've successfully installed a number of packages from AUR.
However, I'm unable to get KompoZer (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=13667) or Koverartist (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=6146) to build correctly in Arch x86_64.
What's more frustrating is that I tried to install KompoZer using the tarball, and it refuses to run. The tarball runs fine in Fedora and Kubuntu.
Any ideas? Thanks.
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What exactly do you mean by "refuses to run"? Any errors if you start it from the terminal, any errors in the logs?
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I have fixed the PKGBUILD for kompozer. It seems it was broken when gcc was updated to 4.6. I have uploaded the new build which should now compile.
I don't know anything about Koverartist, though.
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I have fixed the PKGBUILD for kompozer. It seems it was broken when gcc was updated to 4.6. I have uploaded the new build which should now compile.
Thanks heaps for that. It worked well.
This is what happens when I try to build Koverartist. Looks like the source is no longer available.
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> Retrieving Sources...
-> Downloading koverartist-0.5.tar.bz2...
--2011-06-11 08:50:42-- http://members.inode.at/499177/software … st-0ar.bz2
Resolving members.inode.at... 195.58.170.125
Connecting to members.inode.at|195.58.170.125|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2011-06-11 08:50:43 ERROR 404: Not Found.
==> ERROR: Failure while downloading koverartist-0.5.tar.bz2
Aborting...
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On a related note, do most people just download tarballs from AUR and compile them manually, or use another method? I've seen references to using a program called Yaourt, but I got the impression that this might be an old way of doing things.
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It seems I resolved the issue. I edited my first PKBUILD file and manually entered a link to the source I found in Google. For anyone else's benefit, here's what I entered:
source=(ftp://ftp.uni-frankfurt.de/pub/Mirrors2/gentoo.org/distfiles/koverartist-0.5.tar.bz2
koverartist-0.5-gcc43b.patch)
EDIT:
It looks like my post was a little premature. It installed fine but won't run. Hmmm...the Arch way can be frustrating sometimes.
$ which koverartist
/opt/kde/bin/koverartist
$ /opt/kde/bin/koverartist
Segmentation fault
Last edited by Pumpino (2011-06-10 23:12:21)
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I have used yaourt in the past. I have moved to using packer. It allows you to upgrade both regular packages and checks AUR to see if there are any updates and it installs them as well.
If I am having a problem getting a package from AUR to install I will usually do it manually which allow me to try and troubleshoot the problem.
There are also other programs that work similar to packer as well. I recommend trying some and then choosing what works well for you.
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