PKGBUILD and dependencies

Hi,
I want to ask, if there is way, that pacman automatically installs resp. deinstalls all the needed packages I put to the depends-field?

Hm, exact problem ist following:
pacman -A ogmrip-0.10.0-1.pkg.tar.gz
loading package data... done.
error: unsatisfied dependencies:
ogmrip: requires ogmtools
ogmrip: requires vorbis-tools
ogmrip: requires intltool
ogmrip: requires gconf
ogmrip: requires mkvtoolnix
ogmrip: requires gocr
with PKGBUILD
# Contributor: Moo-Crumpus <do.not.spam.me AT web.de>
pkgname=ogmrip
pkgver=0.10.0
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Librairies and gtk2 interface for dvd ripping using mencoder"
url="http://ogmrip.sourceforge.net/"
license="GPL"
# Optional depedencies comes after pkgconfig. You can add enchant(for spellchacking in subtitiles), faac and libtheora
depends=('xorg' 'glib2' 'libxml2' 'libdvdread' 'mplayer' 'ogmtools' 'vorbis-tools' 'lame' 'intltool' 'pkgconfig' 'gtk2' 'gconf' 'libglade' 'dbus' 'hal' 'mkvtoolnix' 'gocr')
makedepends=('perlxml')
conflicts=()
replaces=()
backup=()
install=
#source=(http://mesh.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/ogmrip/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz)
source=(http://dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/ogmrip/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz)
md5sums=('cef80b77b551a6e7accc1441b62c1b4a')
build() {
[ "$GNOMEDIR" = "" ] && source /etc/profile.d/gnome.sh
cd $startdir/src/$pkgname-$pkgver
./configure --prefix=/usr
make || return 1
make DESTDIR=$startdir/pkg install
Had the same problem also with another package.

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Last edited by Tinuva (2010-01-27 11:55:41)

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Last edited by Tinuva (2010-01-27 12:13:03)

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PKGBUILD and python setuptools

I wrote a proper post earlier but during that time i was logged out and it seems that what i was going to post just vanished so i'll just pop a quick question (are posts that you were going to post saved somewhere or do i just have to be quick posting?):
Is it possible to create a python related package and install it in a virtualenv (so that python dependencies don't pose a problem for other packages?) or is that not advisable as virtualenvs don't seem to be specially portable?
Also, is it not possible to install dependencies from setup.py when making an AUR package? I'm guessing that this would be a bad idea because of conflicting files in the same directory from different AUR packages?
Thanks in advance!
If I'm unclear or something just tell me and I'll try to make it clearer.

Hi there!
I've checked the guidelines and they don't seem to mention anything about that and as far as i can tell the other packages just use the dependency system that pacman offers. This leads me to believe that there's something off about installing it in a virtualenv in one way or another, otherwise i'm guessing that other packages would use that solution as well in some way.
I've checked it now and hope it works, thanks!

N00b question about PKGBUILD and sed

Hi, i find sed being used in quite a few PKGBUILDs but i dont really understand what it does after see the the man page and stuff...
for example,
# Maintainer: Link Dupont <[email protected]>
# Contributor: Link Dupont <[email protected]>
pkgname=cedega
pkgver=4.4
tgrel=1
pkgrel=2
pkgdesc="Transgaming's flagship product, allowing Windows games to run on Linux"
url="http://www.transgaming.com/"
license="non-free"
depends=('x-server' 'python' 'pygtk')
install=
source=("${pkgname}_${pkgver}-$tgrel.i386.tgz" "point2play-small-2.0.1.tgz" "transgaming-fontinstaller-1.0.tgz" "cedega.sh" "transgaming-mozctlinstaller-1.0-1.i386.tgz" "http://downloads.transgaming.com/misc_d … pengl32.so")
build() {
cd $startdir/src
mkdir -p $startdir/pkg/opt/cedega $startdir/pkg/etc/profile.d
mv $startdir/src/usr/* $startdir/pkg/opt/cedega
sed -e "s|/usr|/opt/cedega|" -i $startdir/pkg/opt/cedega/bin/Point2Play
sed -e "s|/usr|/opt/cedega|" -i $startdir/pkg/opt/cedega/bin/cedega
sed -e "s|/usr|/opt/cedega|" -i $startdir/pkg/opt/cedega/bin/tg-font-install
sed -e "s|/usr|/opt/cedega|" -i $startdir/pkg/opt/cedega/bin/tg-mozctl-install
rm -rf $startdir/pkg/opt/cedega/share/gnome/
rm -rf $startdir/pkg/opt/cedega/share/icons/
rm -rf $startdir/pkg/opt/cedega/lib/menu
cp $startdir/src/cedega.sh $startdir/pkg/etc/profile.d/
# Apply hotfix that fixes OpenGL rendering in World of Warcraft
cp $startdir/src/libopengl32.so $startdir/pkg/opt/cedega/lib/transgaming_cedega/winex/lib/
md5sums=('20592555c86cae4f4638e69281b80a8d' '8c3a22d57b897ecc9c6ec82ec9df0c6b'
'9be0cf8bdd62658f46c52fdcba4be34e' '98078ba55a7f7f50750181adea924621'
'fdb94eadf8c681e7e84a8c8235562274' '56d6f04788bbf0355e309e2eff4f4b4d')
what exactly does sed do for example in this above PKGBUILD?

its substituting /opt/cedega/ in place of /usr/ in each of the files on the right.
s is substitue
| is the seperator
i is insert into file
e is execute these commands

Standalone executables and dependencies in the Java World

I'm a very seasoned C/C++ developer who's just learning Java. I have this gnawing question that's bugging me. It's rather elementary but it requires someone with experience to answer it.
If I'm delivering a standalone executable (C/C++) to a Windows or Linux customer, it is possible to deliver simply a "*.exe" file (windows) or a Linux Executable file (Linux) which can be installed and run immediately with no dependencies not included in a typical installation. (although, on linux, if there is a gui involved, a typical default Linux install may be missing some dependencies for the gui )
But in the Java world, since the JRE is not necessarily included in a Standard Windows or Linux default installation, my customer would always have to install the JRE on their machine before they can run any code that I produce in Java ...correct? And there is no way to execute a jarfile as a standalone; it always must be executed by the JRE ("java -jar <jarfilename.jar> ) ...right? And if I were to code a new GUI application in Java on the Linux platform, it would have to be run via "java -jar <gui_jarfilename.jar> ...correct?

R2me2 wrote:
"Your questions cause me to suggest that you look into Java Web Start;"
No, this is exactly what I'm not asking. I mean really standalone ....as in the executable runs by itself without user having to install anything else* (via CD, web or anywhere). So I suppose the answer to my question is that NO, there's no such thing in the Java World and that whenever a java program is installed, it always has the JRE as a dependency and that the installation of a java executable is not complete until the JRE is installed.Not to sound like a noob but what were you expecting. Java runs on the JRE and that is what makes it portable as the JRE can be installed almost anywhere o.O
This is not the inconvenience that you are making it out to be. No user is gonna beef with you if they came to you asking for a java application to be installed and I most certainly have played the client role, having to download the latest JRE to run my bank applets. No so long as you provide the user with all the info they need like a link to JRE download etc you will be fine.. :)

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