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I'm getting an error trying to install dropbox from AUR https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=23363.
==> Building and installing package
==> Making package: dropbox 1.1.40-1 (Fri Aug 19 20:46:22 EDT 2011)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> Retrieving Sources...
-> Downloading dropbox-lnx.x86_64-1.1.40.tar.gz...
--2011-08-19 20:46:22-- https://dl-web.dropbox.com/u/17/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-1.1.40.tar.gz
Resolving dl-web.dropbox.com... 50.19.122.11
Connecting to dl-web.dropbox.com|50.19.122.11|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 17309180 (17M) [application/x-tar]
Saving to: `dropbox-lnx.x86_64-1.1.40.tar.gz.part'
100%[========================================================>] 17,309,180 586K/s in 24s
2011-08-19 20:46:52 (695 KB/s) - `dropbox-lnx.x86_64-1.1.40.tar.gz.part' saved [17309180/17309180]
-> Found dropbox.png
-> Found dropbox.desktop
-> Found terms.html
==> Validating source files with md5sums...
dropbox-lnx.x86_64-1.1.40.tar.gz ... Passed
dropbox.png ... Passed
dropbox.desktop ... Passed
terms.html ... Passed
==> Extracting Sources...
-> Extracting dropbox-lnx.x86_64-1.1.40.tar.gz with bsdtar
==> Entering fakeroot environment...
==> Starting build()...
chown: invalid user: `root.root'
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build().
Aborting...
==> ERROR: Makepkg was unable to build dropbox.
Last edited by matt_head (2011-08-21 02:09:14)
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You can get a bit older version from the [archstuff] repo - it's already compiled, ready to install.
I did install the AUR package w/o a problem.
==> Making package: dropbox 1.1.40-1 (sob, 20 sie 2011, 03:01:56 CEST)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> Retrieving Sources...
-> Downloading dropbox-lnx.x86-1.1.40.tar.gz...
--2011-08-20 03:01:59-- https://dl-web.dropbox.com/u/17/dropbox-lnx.x86-1.1.40.tar.gz
Resolving dl-web.dropbox.com... 50.19.234.54
Connecting to dl-web.dropbox.com|50.19.234.54|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 16532320 (16M) [application/x-tar]
Saving to: `dropbox-lnx.x86-1.1.40.tar.gz.part'
100%[========================================================>] 16.532.320 407K/s in 40s
2011-08-20 03:02:46 (399 KB/s) - `dropbox-lnx.x86-1.1.40.tar.gz.part' saved [16532320/16532320]
-> Found dropbox.png
-> Found dropbox.desktop
-> Found terms.html
==> Validating source files with md5sums...
dropbox-lnx.x86-1.1.40.tar.gz ... Passed
dropbox.png ... Passed
dropbox.desktop ... Passed
terms.html ... Passed
==> Extracting Sources...
-> Extracting dropbox-lnx.x86-1.1.40.tar.gz with bsdtar
==> Entering fakeroot environment...
==> Starting build()...
==> Tidying install...
-> Purging other files...
-> Compressing man and info pages...
==> Creating package...
-> Generating .PKGINFO file...
-> Compressing package...
==> Leaving fakeroot environment.
==> Finished making: dropbox 1.1.40-1 (sob, 20 sie 2011, 03:02:50 CEST)
==> Installing package dropbox with pacman -U...
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
Targets (1): dropbox-1.1.40-1 [36,77 MB]
Total Download Size: 0,00 MB
Total Installed Size: 37,25 MB
Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
(1/1) checking package integrity [################################] 100%
(1/1) checking for file conflicts [################################] 100%
(1/1) installing dropbox [################################] 100%
[karol@black test]$
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Chown was messed up.
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