Patching an AUR package [SOLVED]

I'm trying to install omake http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=16093 from AUR. To get this to work I need to patch the code as described above. However being a newbie I'm having trouble.
Here is what I've done. Using yaourt I tried installing omake. It failed, as expected, so I want to patch the code as descibed above. How do I do this?
Thanks,
Luis
Last edited by banbh (2009-04-16 01:57:49)

banbh wrote:
I'm trying to install omake http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=16093 from AUR. To get this to work I need to patch the code as described above. However being a newbie I'm having trouble.
Here is what I've done. Using yaourt I tried installing omake. It failed, as expected, so I want to patch the code as descibed above. How do I do this?
Thanks,
Luis
Welcome to the forums.
My advice? Don't use yaourt. Download the tarball from the AUR page and modify the PKGBUILD accordingly.

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I'm using Archlinux and the system works flawessly. Sadly, there's a problem when trying to install AUR packages.
The following happens installing any AUR package I tried lately.
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==> [v]iew package contents [c]heck package with namcap
==> ----------------------------------------------
==>y
loading package data...
error: './wicked-git-20090112-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz': cannot open package file
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Last edited by timofonic (2009-07-14 19:52:53)

lilsirecho wrote:
Perhaps the method to use is given by the man pacman files.
pacman -U (.pkg.tar.gz package ID found in the directory generating the package)
For example: ...pacman -U /var/local/kernel26-2.6.30-5-x86-64.pkg.tar.gz......since the pkg generated is in that directory for this theoretical case.
Any locally generated package is loaded with ...pacman -U....
What do you mean? The package doesn't exist, I double checked it.
Maybe I need to check where yaourt writes it. Any suggestion about what util to use for that?
EDIT: I used "lsof" command and found the file is there, but yaourt can't locate it and deletes the directory after
$ ls /tmp/yaourt-tmp-root/aur-wicked-git/wicked-git/w*
/tmp/yaourt-tmp-root/aur-wicked-git/wicked-git/wicked-git-20090708-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz
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Last edited by timofonic (2009-07-09 22:08:47)

[SOLVED] Enabling debug for ath9k in compat-drivers-patched from AUR

Wireless card: TP-LINK TL-WN951N. lspci says that it is an Atheros AR5416 adapter [AR5008].
Some background: I'm having the same issues as the OP in this thread, which references this bug report. The problem is that I get a 2000 ms ping every 30 seconds. So 2 seconds of inactivity every 30 seconds. I have the same wireless PCI card, as well. I need to fix this, because it's making online gaming impossible. I should also note that the card is working just fine in Windows 8, however. I am using net-auto-wireless. I have tried using wicd, enabling ath9k's nohwcrypt option, toggling the card's power save, installing the latest compat-drivers-patched from the AUR, toggling different settings in my motherboard's BIOS, and removing the antennae from the card. But nothing has made a significant difference.
I think I'm really close now. I just have to disable ANI. But in order to do that, it seems that I need to enable debugging for ath9k. But this means that I need to either recompile a custom kernel, or somehow enable debug for ath9k in compat-drivers-patched from the AUR. I'd prefer the latter, as that means that I will have a more bleeding-edge driver. That, and I won't have to touch the kernel as much. What I want is described on this page. But it seems too complicated to me. Please let me explain.
I've installed things from the AUR before, as mentioned above, and have properly configured my makepkg.conf for my system. So I'd like to use the CFLAGS and such that I've set. I don't understand how everything works in the PKGBUILD; I don't have much experience with sed and awk and regular expressions, and haven't done much shell scripting at all. It seems that at some point in the PKGBUILD, I need to enable debugging for ath9k before it is compiled. Apparently on the last page I linked to, I need to add:
export CONFIG_ATH_DEBUG=y
export CONFIG_ATH9K_DEBUG=y
export CONFIG_ATH9K_DEBUGFS=y
to some config.mk file. I can only get access to the config.mk file after I install the package with pacman. I've tried adding those lines to my /etc/profile file, and checked, after a reboot, with "set", that those variables are indeed set. But the thing is, with these variables set in /etc/profile, when I run makepkg, makepkg fails with an error 2. I tried again and got the same error. I removed those lines from my /etc/profile, rebooted, tried makepkg again, and everything worked. So putting those lines in my /etc/profile is not the solution, and I feel like I'm doing something very stupid. What am I doing wrong?
I should also note that I've tried to read the wiki page on compiling a custom kernel using ABS, but it seems to just say "get your custom configuration files" and then just continue (so it assumes that I should already be familiar with the configuration part). The PKGBUILD and Creating Packages wiki pages also seem to be a little... too advanced for me at this point in time.
So how do I enable debugging for ath9k in compat-drivers-patched from the AUR? I'd prefer to stick with only editing the PKGBUILD and using makepkg, if possible.
I've really tried to search the web and the arch forums on how to fix this problem myself, but alas, it seems that I need help this time. I greatly appreciate your time for reading my long post.
UPDATE:
I've made a lot of progress. I ended up removing the AUR package with pacman by invoking "pacman -Rsn compat-drivers-patched".
Instructions for [almost] success: First, download compat-drivers-patched from AUR. Then move it to the "builds" directory (or "local", if using ABS). Extract the tarball. After the new directory is created, cd into it. Now here's the important part: run
$ makepkg -so
Then cd into src, cd into the directory inside src, then edit the config.mk file. Make sure these lines are uncommented (or created, if not already there):
export CONFIG_CFG80211_DEBUGFS=y
export CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUGFS=y
export CONFIG_ATH_DEBUG=y
export CONFIG_ATH9K_DEBUG=y
export CONFIG_ATH9K_DEBUGFS=y
(source)
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$ makepkg -e
# pacman -U <file that was produced>
And I ran "mkinitcpio -p linux" just in case, but I'm not sure if that is necessary at all. I'm... not touching the kernel, right?
Now I ran:
echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/ieee80211/phy0/ath9k/disable_ani
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So really, I can avoid the problem if I first log in as root, log out, and then log back in as a normal user. But this is a great inconvenience. I would much prefer if I could just log in as a normal user right after boot, and have everything working.
Now, how do I get the command to automatically run at boot as root (without me having to log in as root), and work?
UPDATE 2:
I got it working. Putting the line in /etc/profile is not the solution. I created a custom systemd .service file.
Put this into /etc/systemd/service (name it "disable_ani.service"):
EDIT: Wow. I made a glaring typo here. It should be /etc/systemd/system/disable_ani.service
[Unit]
Description=disable_ani
[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/bin/sh -c "echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/ieee80211/phy0/ath9k/disable_ani"
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Then make sure to "sudo chmod 755 /etc/systemd/service/disable_ani.service", since root owns this file.
Then run "sudo systemctl enable disable_ani.service".
EDIT: It has been brought to my attention that there is a much simpler way than creating a custom service.
Using a tmpfile:
/etc/tmpfiles.d/disable_ani.conf
w /sys/kernel/debug/ieee80211/phy0/ath9k/disable_ani - - - - 1
Done.
Now ANI is persistently disabled between boots, even if I log in as a normal user right after boot.
Thanks for reading.
Last edited by vyu223 (2013-03-12 10:20:19)

So zsh is telling you that the command didn't work, since it claims that there is no such file or directory. I had a lot of trouble with getting the echo command to work, as well. I found that if out of these lines:
export CONFIG_CFG80211_DEBUGFS=y
export CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUGFS=y
export CONFIG_ATH_DEBUG=y
export CONFIG_ATH9K_DEBUG=y
export CONFIG_ATH9K_DEBUGFS=y
If the first and second line above were not uncommented in the config.mk file, I couldn't leave the last line above uncommented as well, or else makepkg would fail and give me an error. So originally I had only the 3rd and 4th lines above uncommented/inserted in my config.mk. With that configuration, I could not get the echo command to work, no matter what. Have you uncommented or inserted all of the above 5 lines into your config.mk?
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[Solved] Cant install\compile certain AUR packages

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It seems that your kernel does not correctly support mmxext.
To use mmxext extensions in MPlayer, you have to upgrade/recompile your kernel!
Checking for kernel support of sse ... failed
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To use sse extensions in MPlayer, you have to upgrade/recompile your kernel!
Checking for kernel support of sse2 ... failed
It seems that your kernel does not correctly support sse2.
To use sse2 extensions in MPlayer, you have to upgrade/recompile your kernel!
Checking for kernel support of ssse3 ... failed
It seems that your kernel does not correctly support ssse3.
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error
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Checking for extern symbol prefix ...
Error: Symbol mangling check failed.
Check "configure.log" if you do not understand why it failed.
==> ERROR: Build Failed.
Aborting...
Error: Makepkg was unable to build mplayer-svn package.
This is for mpd-git:
Looks like I need to set the path for gcc in here, but not sure how?
configure: error: in `/tmp/yaourt-tmp-banshee/aur-mpd-git/mpd-git/src/mpd-build':
configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
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make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
==> ERROR: Build Failed.
Aborting...
Error: Makepkg was unable to build mpd-git package.
Last edited by banshee28 (2009-09-03 04:15:43)

Allan wrote:
You need to install the base-devel group (pacman -S base-devel).
This is a bit weird though....
Checking for cross compilation ... yes
hopefully it goes away!
Ah, I see all the apps in this group now! Not sure how I missed this? Was this in the wiki somwhere??
Anyways,its getting further along now ....

Can't install AUR packages(makepkg: invalid option '--asroot')[SOLVED]

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(Type - y, n, n)
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In case it matters, these are the steps I used to install packer.
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Last edited by dominicm (2015-01-04 01:41:15)

slithery wrote:
dominicm wrote:
slithery wrote:
The --asroot option has been removed from makepkg, which you would know if you searched the forum before posting...
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=191635
I googled the error with no relevant results, then I searched the forum to make sure it wasn't solved with no relevant results returned for the search term "makepkg: invalid option '--asroot')". It's ironic that you accused me of not searching when you haven't bothered to search the error message yourself. If you had you would know the search does not return useful results until this post.
Sorry, I only searched for --asroot which brought up several relevant threads.
No big deal, but in general you shouldn't post things like "search the forum" as it's rarely helpful, and when it is the thread should probably be closed it those cases anyways...

[SOLVED] yaourt how to update aur packages

Hi!
I got a quick question. I thought that yaourt is able to update old packages installed from Aur automatically.
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For example I just typed:
yaourt yaourt
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edit:
so I am happy to mark it as solved. It wasn't a bug, but it is a way how yaourt works.
yaourt -Syu --aur shows packages from core/extra/community.
If I press Y (to install them). It shows a list again with the information how much to download and install and then after pressing "No" to install them, yaourt continues to check AUR packages in this case.
Julien MISCHKOWITZ, the developer said he could change the behavior
Thanks everyone for the attention!
Last edited by ngsupb (2009-08-21 13:15:09)

shining wrote:yaourt has a bug tracker : http://bugs.archlinux.fr/index/proj3?or … &sort=desc
Thank you shining. I have opened a ticket there. Lets wait, I hope they can help!

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Is this generally allowed or will my package be deleted after submission to AUR?
Best,
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Last edited by RaumZeit (2013-10-27 01:38:31)

AUR queries should be posted to the aur-general mailing list.
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EDIT*
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[SOLVED] Archiso : installing AUR packages on a live image

Hi all,
I'm quite an arch newbie, I'm trying to setup a live USB stick, with the help of archiso. My goal is to finally get an "audio oriented" system (with jack, ardour, qsampler, and so more...).
During the setup everything was working very well, until I tried to add some AUR packages to the install.
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# cd ..
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# repo-add customrepo.db.tar.gz *.xz
(I'm staying as root because it's red written to stay as root for the image creation. I think it's stupid, but people make stupid things when they are desesperate. Sorry I didn't take the time to test the code above again, it's only memory, but it was very similar)
I did the same for both architectures (i686 and x86_64), so that my custom repo looks like this:
~/liveusb/customrepo # ls -R
i686 x86_64
./i686:
customrepo.db customrepo.db.tar.gz liblscp-0.5.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz qsampler-0.2.3-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
./x86_64:
customrepo.db customrepo.db.tar.gz liblscp-0.5.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz qsampler-0.2.3-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
Oops... I just noticed I did wrong for i686 machines, but it doesn't matter for the moment, since I'm working on an x86_64 machine.
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[customrepo]
SigLevel = Optional TrustAll
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~/liveusb # ./build.sh -v
and then (with /dev/sdf as my usb stick device):
~/liveusb # dd if=out/archlinux-2014.10.01-dual.iso of=/dev/sdf
But when I boot on the USB stick, there's no trace of qsampler (linuxsampler, however, is present).
Since it happened, I'm feeling like a lost, lonely man, on a desert island... Thinking about the "why", the "how"..., the meaning of life..., of package management... all this stuff
I'm sure I did something wrong about the "custom repository", and the main reason is I don't deeply understand all the steps about this; that's why I'm looking for help
Any idea?
Many thanks
Last edited by yolenoyer (2014-10-02 09:16:57)

Thank you for the reply,
I think I did a more trivial mistake :
With archiso, the packages are automatically installed, from a package list file called "packages.both", and "packages.x86_64", "packages.i686" for architecture dependent packages. But they only use common repos by default. The "'qsampler" is not in official repos (that's why I choosed this one for my question).
So, ok, I setup a common repo (with some mistakes but it was working), BUT...
I just forgot to put the package name in the packages.both file...
So, now that I did it, I just have an error about the package architecture, which I think possible to fix, just by rebuilding the common repo in a correct manner:
~/liveusb # ./build -v
warning: vlc-2.1.5-3 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: mplayer-37224-2 is up to date -- reinstalling
error: failed to prepare transaction (package architecture is not valid)
:: package qsampler-0.2.3-1-x86_64 does not have a valid architecture
==> ERROR: Failed to install packages to new root
Trilby wrote:Also, does this need to be a static iso image - is there a reason not to just do a persistent usb install?
About the static iso image : the idea of building an iso image with all my personnal tools and config already installed on it is very pleasant to me, including the fact that you can burn it on a CD as well. The persistent acpect would be pleasant too, but in a secondary way.
While I'm writing this message I really understand a bit more about all of this, since yesterday... Sometimes, simply posting a message in forums helps you to understand your own problem, because you have to be clear and concise!
Thanks

[SOLVED] Any guidelines for changing AUR package name?

I have TTWM in the AUR, and I'm changing the name to Alopex.
I can revise the PKGBUILD to change the name, and put ttwm-git in the "replaces" and/or "conflicts" array, but when I submit this to the AUR will there then be two AUR packages?
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Last edited by Trilby (2013-04-20 11:12:07)

If the wiki is unclear, please edit it https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AUR#Other_requests
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AUR package not present in packer, why? [SOLVED]

Dear all,
first: I'm not really sure this topic should be here or in "pacman" section, please be patient.
I have a quick and simple question: I have been using packer for years, and never happened to me that I couldn't install a AUR package with it. The problem is that I would like to install modipy-git:
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/mopidy-git/
but a search for "modipy" returns no results.
I'm puzzled.. what's wrong?
Thanks in advance for any help (actually is just curiosity, I can "fix" this downloading the package, but I would like to stick with packer).
MJ
solution: you can't find something that does not exist!
Last edited by MajinJoko (2013-05-08 09:52:53)

Perhaps it's because the package is named "mopidy-git" (check your spelling)
All the best,
-HG

[SOLVED]Weird conflict with official packages and aur packages

Hi. I have enchant-zemberek installed on my system. It is my package that i'm maintaining at AUR. Yesterday i tried to install poedit which depends on enchant. Weirdly altoguh enchant-zemberek provides enchant; pacman tried to remove enchant-zemberek and instead install enchant. Otherwise it won't let me install poedit. I have updated enchant-zemberek PKGBUILD and pacman let me install poedit without forcing me to install enchant. Here is what i have in my first PKGBUILD before update:
replaces=("enchant")
provides=("enchant")
conflicts=('enchant')
And after updating;
replaces=("enchant=${pkgver}")
provides=("enchant=${pkgver}")
conflicts=('enchant')
Now, i'm wondering while an AUR package have different package name than the official one why pacman tries to replace it? Why PKGBUILD needs package version in provides tag? Say, if i want to keep my own my-abc-1.0-1.i686.pkg.tar.xz but official package abc-1.1-1.i686.pkg.tar.xz released; must i keep my package only in Ignores array? Should i report this as a bug?
Last edited by tarakbumba (2011-04-07 09:52:41)

No, its not a bug. poedit depends on gtkspell which depends on enchant>=1.5.0 - your original custom enchant package did not provide any specific version of enchant, so pacman pulled in the repo package instead to satisfy the versioned dependency. As you have built your package with replaces=enchant, pacman also honours that.

(SOLVED) How do I remove dependencies of AUR packages?

I rather not use sudo and thereof I issue a 'makepkg' instead of a 'makepkg -s' and install dependencies manually. I wonder though what happens when I issue a 'pacman -Rns' to remove an AUR package. Pacman doesn't seem to remove the dependencies. Do I need to issue a 'makepkg -s' in order to automagically remove dependencies with 'pacman -Rns'? What about AUR packages that have other AUR packages as dependency and therefor cannot be installed with 'makepkg -s'?
Last edited by Kasumi_Ninja (2010-01-03 13:39:51)

I haven't fully thought this through but I would like --asdeps to take an argument that specifies 'to what'.
For example: wicd has an optional dependency for notifcation-daemon, which I want. I would like to be able to
pacman -S --asdeps='wicd' notification-daemon
This would then modify wicd to depend on notification-daemon. This isn't perfect since it is an optional and not a real dependency. The only real problem I can think of is if I want to remove notification-daemon. However pacman should see 'notification-daemon' listed under dependencies AND optional-dependencies, so it could give a warning and an option to go ahead anyway. If it goes ahead, pacman reverts wicd to nolonger depend notification-daemon. I feel like it should be pretty easy to add this to pacman.
I feel like something like yaourt would be responsible for asking if I want to install optional dependencies. So when I install something with yaourt it asks me about each optional dependency and if I want it.
Just my two cents.

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