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MetaMan

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[SOLVED] How to make a PKGBUILD for a pre-compiled program

I just got the Humble Indie Bundle and I was wondering how I could make a pacman packages for the individual games for easy management. These games are pre-compiled, and it would also help if you could recommend where (and how) to place the files. I've heard the /opt is a good place... An example PKGBUILD would be really helpful.

Thanks!

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jasonwryan

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Re: [SOLVED] How to make a PKGBUILD for a pre-compiled program

I can't vouch for it's quality, but there is already one in AUR: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=51204

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MetaMan

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Re: [SOLVED] How to make a PKGBUILD for a pre-compiled program

I can't vouch for it's quality, but there is already one in AUR: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=51204

I'll take a look at that and see if it's PKGBUILD can be adapted for my use...

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fukawi2

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Re: [SOLVED] How to make a PKGBUILD for a pre-compiled program

I maintain a few packages like this.  I tend to put them in /opt and symlink the binary into /usr/bin/

https://github.com/fukawi2/aur-packages … e/PKGBUILD
https://github.com/fukawi2/aur-packages … e/PKGBUILD
https://github.com/fukawi2/aur-packages … r/PKGBUILD

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Re: [SOLVED] How to make a PKGBUILD for a pre-compiled program

I've linked my PKGBUILD's of some precompiled Humble Indie Bundle games in this post. And it works, too.

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MetaMan

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Re: [SOLVED] How to make a PKGBUILD for a pre-compiled program

If used fukawi2's PKGBUILD as a base, but I get this error:

==> Making package: osmos 1.6.1-1 (Tue Aug  9 09:41:55 CDT 2011)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> Retrieving Sources...
  -> Found osmos-1.6.1.tar.gz
==> Validating source files with md5sums...
    osmos-1.6.1.tar.gz ... Passed
==> Extracting Sources...
  -> Extracting osmos-1.6.1.tar.gz with bsdtar
==> Removing existing pkg/ directory...
==> Starting build()...
==> Nothing to compile for osmos
==> Entering fakeroot environment...
==> Starting package()...
==> Tidying install...
  -> Purging other files...
  -> Compressing man and info pages...
  -> Stripping unneeded symbols from binaries and libraries...
/usr/bin/strip:./opt/osmos-1.6.1/Osmos.bin64: File format not recognized

Any ideas?

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hauzer

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Re: [SOLVED] How to make a PKGBUILD for a pre-compiled program

Yes, that happens with VVVVVV, too. I've solved it by adding options=('!strip'). I've played the game and there are no side effects.

EDIT: It's probably because you run a 32-bit system and strip doesn't recognize a 64-bit binary.

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MetaMan

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Re: [SOLVED] How to make a PKGBUILD for a pre-compiled program

Thanks! Got a working package. My first one, actually.

One more: I can't seem to find a obvious "Mark as solved" option. Where is it?

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hauzer

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Re: [SOLVED] How to make a PKGBUILD for a pre-compiled program

You just edit your first post and append [SOLVED] to the subject.

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MetaMan

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Re: [SOLVED] How to make a PKGBUILD for a pre-compiled program

Thanks! Not to fancy, but this is the Arch forums.

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