Question about packages from AUR that get into [community]

just noticed that powerpill is out of the AUR and into [community] (yeah!). My question: since I installed powerpill and its two deps from the AUR, should I uninstall the versions that I built from the AUR then install from the repo or doesn't it matter? In other words, will pacman know that these are in the repos and if updates are posted, will it fetch them just like any other package?
I think the answer is no to the uninstall and yes to pacman just working, but I'd like to hear from the pros
Thanks!

Thanks for the confirmation. Powerpill rocks - I'm very glad to see that it's in [community] now. I took a stab at updating the beginners guide with an entry about it. I don't have much time tonight to do it justice, but at least it's a start.

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==> Checking Runtime Dependencies...
==> Checking Buildtime Dependencies...
==> Retrieving Sources...
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policy.patch ... Passed
mtufix.patch ... Passed
wpa_supplicant-nodebug.patch ... Passed
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Last edited by tony5429 (2015-03-02 23:25:58)

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tony5429 wrote:2. Is there any way to know if the linux kernel will integrate b43 some day?
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[SOLVED] yaourt. packages taken from aur that are from core or extra

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warning: screen-4.0.3-5 is up to date -- reinstalling
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bitefusion: up to date
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# core: Arch Linux core repository
# United States
Server = ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/core/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp.nethat.com/pub/linux/archlinux/core/os/i686
Server = ftp://locke.suu.edu/linux/dist/archlinux/core/os/i686
Server = ftp://mirrors.unixheads.org/archlinux/core/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu/pub/linux/distributions/archlinux/core/o$
Server = ftp://mirror.cs.vt.edu/pub/ArchLinux/core/os/i686
Server = http://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/archlinux/core/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/archlinux/core/os/i686
# South America
# - Brazil
Server = http://archlinux.c3sl.ufpr.br/core/os/i686
Last edited by leo2501 (2008-03-09 11:16:17)

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There are some updates to all the pacman, yaourt and AUR web pages,
so can you try this:
1. upgrade pacman itself first
2. upgrade yaourt itself, then
3. and last, try full system upgrade.
These errors seem familiar, but I have no idea how it disappeared.

The dark mod won't start/question about rebuilding an AUR package.

Hi...just migrated from Debian so i would be forced to learn some new things (and to tweak my system to meet my needs:P), and till now everything has worked flawlessly..today i encountered my first opportunity.
Just installed The Dark Mod and it won't start.
I got this error:
dlopen '/home/case/.doom3/darkmod/gamex86.so' failed: libjpeg.so.62: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory.
Surfed the forums and the solutions were to rebuild the package (wich i still have to learn) or make a symlink (wich was not recomended)...the solutions were appointed in similar cases, with the same error but to other software.
I'm using libjpeg-turbo 1.1.0-1 and Doom3 runs like a charm...The mod won't...so i'm a litle confused.
The PKGBUILD of the mod does not mention this particular library since the only dependance that is written in the PKGBUILD is Doom 3...
So what i'm asking is how do i build it again to make it work with my libjpeg library?wich file do i have to modify?
Can someone point me in the right direction?
Thanks.

From AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=31788. i intalled it with that PKGBUILD...at first i thought that with a slight modification of it i could make the mod work..but the PKGBUILD does not refer to that particular library.
(...Doom3's engine also comes from the AUR)
Sorry..i mentioned AUR in the title and then forgot to write the mod came from there...
What is bothering me is that Doom3 runs with my lib and TDM won't, it tries to open libjpeg.so.62 wich is an old library.
Last edited by coeurdechene (2011-03-10 03:43:39)

[SOLVED] Unable to build packages from AUR (build: command not found)

I recently hosed the filesystem on my arch install of ~8 months. I reinstalled arch today and didn't have many problems since I had backups of many important config files. Anyways, I still need to get a few programs installed from AUR, but nothing I get from AUR will build.
I download the tarball, extract into a folder in /home/myuser/builds and then go into that folder and run makepkg -s (as always)
It checks the files and extracts/downloads them. Then I get the following error message:
==> Starting build()...
/usr/bin/makepkg: line 741: build: command not found
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Aborting...
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The packages I have been trying to install are ttf-ms-fonts 2.0-7, keepass 2.14-2, and I also tried ttf-vista-fonts 1-3. I am fairly certain that it is not a problem with the PKGBUILD files.
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Last edited by fatjake (2011-03-08 01:02:59)

cyrus wrote:Have you tried Yaourt?
Nope, haven't tried that, I think mainly because I wanted to learn how to use pacman and how to build using ABS. At this point I think I know how to use pacman/abs, as much as this thread might make it appear that I dont
I'll give it a try, as I frequently install software from AUR. In the past I think I let software from the AUR get outdated, Yaourt (clumsy name) sounds like it would help that a bit. Thanks!
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Last edited by fatjake (2011-03-08 04:25:15)

Basic Questions about Package Installation

I have one basic question about installing packages.
How can I find out if needed software is already installed without knowing the name of the package?
For e.g. I want to know, if the MYSQL Server is already installed but I don't know the Package name.
How can I find out the package name of needed software?

Difficult.
Assuming the string "MYSQL" appears somewhere in the package
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[SOLVED] install package from aur via yaourt

Hi,
i installed yaourt and tried to install from the aur.
it keeps asking me to continue bulding and then restart building. it just wont install any packages.
for none-aur packages it works fine btw.
any help?
alex
Last edited by alext (2011-10-11 23:13:53)

me too and it didnt.
[xxx@xxx pcmanfm-mod]$ yaourt ntfs-config
1 aur/ntfs-config 1.0.1-7 (200)
Enable/disable NTFS write support with a simple click
==> Enter n° of packages to be installed (ex: 1 2 3 or 1-3)
==> -------------------------------------------------------
==> 1
==> Downloading ntfs-config PKGBUILD from AUR...
x PKGBUILD
x python-2.7.patch
Comment by: loleg on Sat, 25 Jun 2011 10:07:14 +0000
Compiles installs OK using yaourt, however does not work on my up-to-date system with the issue discussed here: http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1497399.html
Comment by: jlcordeiro on Mon, 27 Jun 2011 08:56:12 +0000
Can you check if:
sudo mkdir /etc/hal/fdi
sudo touch /etc/hal/fdi/policy
solves the problem?
Comment by: mr430 on Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:56:44 +0000
jlcordeiro, same problem and making /etc/hal/fdi directory solve it, thanks
Comment by: jlcordeiro on Sat, 08 Oct 2011 08:17:08 +0000
Updated with the solution to the mentioned problem.
Comment by: archdria on Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:04:43 +0000
Please, add perl-xml-parser as makedep :)
Comment by: jlcordeiro on Tue, 11 Oct 2011 21:36:05 +0000
Done. Thank you :)
First Submitted: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 21:10:44 +0000
ntfs-config 1.0.1-7
( Unsupported package: Potentially dangerous ! )
==> Edit PKGBUILD ? [Y/n] ("A" to abort)
==> ------------------------------------
==> n
==> ntfs-config dependencies:
- python2 (already installed)
- pygtk (already installed)
- udev (already installed)
- ntfs-3g (already installed)
- perl-xml-parser (already installed)
- warning: (building from AUR)
- config (building from AUR)
- file (package found)
- /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist, (building from AUR)
- line (building from AUR)
- 82: (building from AUR)
- directive (building from AUR)
- 'Germany' (building from AUR)
- in (building from AUR)
- section (building from AUR)
- 'testing' (building from AUR)
- not (building from AUR)
- recognized. (building from AUR)
- warning: (building from AUR)
- config (building from AUR)
- file (package found)
- /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist, (building from AUR)
- line (building from AUR)
- 82: (building from AUR)
- directive (building from AUR)
- 'Germany' (building from AUR)
- in (building from AUR)
- section (building from AUR)
- 'core' (building from AUR)
- not (building from AUR)
- recognized. (building from AUR)
- warning: (building from AUR)
- config (building from AUR)
- file (package found)
- /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist, (building from AUR)
- line (building from AUR)
- 82: (building from AUR)
- directive (building from AUR)
- 'Germany' (building from AUR)
- in (building from AUR)
- section (building from AUR)
- 'extra' (building from AUR)
- not (building from AUR)
- recognized. (building from AUR)
- warning: (building from AUR)
- config (building from AUR)
- file (package found)
- /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist, (building from AUR)
- line (building from AUR)
- 82: (building from AUR)
- directive (building from AUR)
- 'Germany' (building from AUR)
- in (building from AUR)
- section (building from AUR)
- 'community-testing' (building from AUR)
- not (building from AUR)
- recognized. (building from AUR)
- warning: (building from AUR)
- config (building from AUR)
- file (package found)
- /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist, (building from AUR)
- line (building from AUR)
- 82: (building from AUR)
- directive (building from AUR)
- 'Germany' (building from AUR)
- in (building from AUR)
- section (building from AUR)
- 'community' (building from AUR)
- not (building from AUR)
- recognized. (building from AUR)
- warning: (building from AUR)
- config (building from AUR)
- file (package found)
- /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist, (building from AUR)
- line (building from AUR)
- 82: (building from AUR)
- directive (building from AUR)
- 'Germany' (building from AUR)
- in (building from AUR)
- section (building from AUR)
- 'multilib' (building from AUR)
- not (building from AUR)
- recognized. (building from AUR)
==> Continue building ntfs-config ? [Y/n]
==> -------------------------------------
==>
==> Building and installing package
==> Install or build missing dependencies for ntfs-config:
Password:
warning: config file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist, line 82: directive 'Germany' in section 'testing' not recognized.
warning: config file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist, line 82: directive 'Germany' in section 'core' not recognized.
warning: config file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist, line 82: directive 'Germany' in section 'extra' not recognized.
warning: config file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist, line 82: directive 'Germany' in section 'community-testing' not recognized.
warning: config file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist, line 82: directive 'Germany' in section 'community' not recognized.
warning: config file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist, line 82: directive 'Germany' in section 'multilib' not recognized.
error: target not found: recognized.
==> Restart building ntfs-config ? [y/N]
==> ------------------------------------
==>
==> Edit PKGBUILD ? [Y/n] ("A" to abort)
==> ------------------------------------
==> n
==> ntfs-config dependencies:
- python2 (already installed)
- pygtk (already installed)
- udev (already installed)
- ntfs-3g (already installed)
- perl-xml-parser (already installed)
- warning: (building from AUR)
- config (building from AUR)
- file (package found)
- /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist, (building from AUR)
- line (building from AUR)
- 82: (building from AUR)
- directive (building from AUR)
- 'Germany' (building from AUR)
- in (building from AUR)
- section (building from AUR)
- 'testing' (building from AUR)
- not (building from AUR)
- recognized. (building from AUR)
- warning: (building from AUR)
- config (building from AUR)
- file (package found)
- /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist, (building from AUR)
- line (building from AUR)
- 82: (building from AUR)
- directive (building from AUR)
- 'Germany' (building from AUR)
- in (building from AUR)
- section (building from AUR)
- 'core' (building from AUR)
- not (building from AUR)
- recognized. (building from AUR)
- warning: (building from AUR)
- config (building from AUR)
- file (package found)
- /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist, (building from AUR)
- line (building from AUR)
- 82: (building from AUR)
- directive (building from AUR)
- 'Germany' (building from AUR)
- in (building from AUR)
- section (building from AUR)
- 'extra' (building from AUR)
- not (building from AUR)
- recognized. (building from AUR)
- warning: (building from AUR)
- config (building from AUR)
- file (package found)
- /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist, (building from AUR)
- line (building from AUR)
- 82: (building from AUR)
- directive (building from AUR)
- 'Germany' (building from AUR)
- in (building from AUR)
- section (building from AUR)
- 'community-testing' (building from AUR)
- not (building from AUR)
- recognized. (building from AUR)
- warning: (building from AUR)
- config (building from AUR)
- file (package found)
- /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist, (building from AUR)
- line (building from AUR)
- 82: (building from AUR)
- directive (building from AUR)
- 'Germany' (building from AUR)
- in (building from AUR)
- section (building from AUR)
- 'community' (building from AUR)
- not (building from AUR)
- recognized. (building from AUR)
- warning: (building from AUR)
- config (building from AUR)
- file (package found)
- /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist, (building from AUR)
- line (building from AUR)
- 82: (building from AUR)
- directive (building from AUR)
- 'Germany' (building from AUR)
- in (building from AUR)
- section (building from AUR)
- 'multilib' (building from AUR)
- not (building from AUR)
- recognized. (building from AUR)
==> Continue building ntfs-config ? [Y/n]
==> -------------------------------------
==>
==> Building and installing package
==> Install or build missing dependencies for ntfs-config:
warning: config file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist, line 82: directive 'Germany' in section 'testing' not recognized.
warning: config file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist, line 82: directive 'Germany' in section 'core' not recognized.
warning: config file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist, line 82: directive 'Germany' in section 'extra' not recognized.
warning: config file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist, line 82: directive 'Germany' in section 'community-testing' not recognized.
warning: config file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist, line 82: directive 'Germany' in section 'community' not recognized.
warning: config file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist, line 82: directive 'Germany' in section 'multilib' not recognized.
error: target not found: recognized.
==> Restart building ntfs-config ? [y/N]
==> ------------------------------------
==>
==> WARNING: Following packages have not been installed:
ntfs-config
Edit: now ive just seen that i forgot about the warnings. i am not sure about what they mean and how to fix it.
Last edited by alext (2011-10-11 22:16:58)

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