Installing "dummy" packages in pacman

Question

I have an issue, and I've searched around, but found nothing. So here goes
Say a situation where I'd like to (or have to) install a piece of software without going though pacman, but still like it to be implemented in the database of pacman, so other PKGBUILDs will be aware that my dependency actually is there. I've heard about wocka in AUR, but it didn't work/compile on my Arch64 setup. I've made some "emtpy" packages by hand to counter this problem, but that is tedious. What I could use is something like:
pacman -D (dummy package ) mplayer, that simply installs an "empty" mplayer package. If this exists already, in a script or a hidden function in pacman, I'd be happy If it doesn't I could start freshing up my bash-skills >_<
Last edited by Themaister (2008-12-15 15:50:55)

Answer 1

Well... I created a script now that covers it pretty much
usage:
dummypkg -S foo version    installs a dummy pkg with pkgver=version, a file that resembles the package name and version in /etc/dummy (uses sudo for pacman)
dummypkg -R foo       checks if foo has been installed by dummypkg and removes it with pacman
dummypkg -l              lists all packages and package versions of all packages installed by dummypkg
temporary building is done in ~/.dummypkg-tmp/
#!/bin/bash
## Dummypkg v0.1
## Script to install dummy packages in pacman
## Use at own risk!
function install(){
if [ -d ~/.dummybuild-tmp/$PACKAGE ]; then
rm -r ~/.dummybuild-tmp/$PACKAGE
fi
mkdir -p ~/.dummybuild-tmp/$PACKAGE
echo "pkgname=$PACKAGE" >> ~/.dummybuild-tmp/$PACKAGE/PKGBUILD
echo "pkgver=$PKGVER" >> ~/.dummybuild-tmp/$PACKAGE/PKGBUILD
echo "pkgrel=1" >> ~/.dummybuild-tmp/$PACKAGE/PKGBUILD
echo "pkgdesc=\"Dummy package created by dummypkg\"" >> ~/.dummybuild-tmp/$PACKAGE/PKGBUILD
echo "arch=('i686' 'x86_64')" >> ~/.dummybuild-tmp/$PACKAGE/PKGBUILD
echo "url=""" >> ~/.dummybuild-tmp/$PACKAGE/PKGBUILD
echo "license=\"GPL\"" >> ~/.dummybuild-tmp/$PACKAGE/PKGBUILD
echo "depends=()" >> ~/.dummybuild-tmp/$PACKAGE/PKGBUILD
echo "source=()" >> ~/.dummybuild-tmp/$PACKAGE/PKGBUILD
echo "build(){" >> ~/.dummybuild-tmp/$PACKAGE/PKGBUILD
echo "mkdir -p ~/.dummybuild-tmp/$PACKAGE/pkg/etc/dummy" >> ~/.dummybuild-tmp/$PACKAGE/PKGBUILD
echo "echo >> \"Installed by dummypkg\" >> ~/.dummybuild-tmp/$PACKAGE/pkg/etc/dummy/$PACKAGE-$PKGVER" >> ~/.dummybuild-tmp/$PACKAGE/PKGBUILD
echo "}" >> ~/.dummybuild-tmp/$PACKAGE/PKGBUILD
cd ~/.dummybuild-tmp/$PACKAGE/
makepkg || exit 1
sudo pacman -U *pkg.tar.gz
cd ~
rm -r .dummybuild-tmp/
exit 0
function remove(){
if [ -e /etc/dummy/$RPACKAGE* ]; then
sudo pacman -R $RPACKAGE
else
echo "This package is not installed by dummypkg ... Exiting"
exit 1
fi
exit 0
function list(){
for file in `ls /etc/dummy -1`
do
echo ">> $file"
done
exit 0
function usage(){
echo "usage: info [[--install] [--list] [--help] [--remove] [--version]]"
exit 0
INSTALL=0
REMOVE=0
LIST=0
if [ "$1" = "" ]; then
usage ; exit 1
fi
while [ "$1" != "" ]; do
case $1 in
-S | --install )
INSTALL=1
PACKAGE="$2"
PKGVER="$3"
if [ "$2" = "" ]; then
echo "--install requires a package name"
exit 1
fi
if [ "$3" = "" ]; then
echo "--install requires a package version"
exit 1
fi
shift
shift
-R | --remove )
REMOVE=1
RPACKAGE="$2"
if [ "$2" = "" ]; then
echo "--remove requires a package name"
exit 1
fi
shift
-h | --help ) usage; exit 0 ;;
-l | --list ) LIST=1 ;;
* ) usage ; exit 1
esac
shift
done
if [ $INSTALL = 1 ]; then
install
fi
if [ $REMOVE = 1 ]; then
remove
fi
if [ $LIST = 1 ]; then
list
fi
Last edited by Themaister (2008-12-15 18:26:26)