[Solved] Cant install\compile certain AUR packages

This is a brand new 32-bit build on my laptop. Everything is working great, but for some reason I cant get some AUR packages. I have Yaourt, pacman-color, and slock installed from AUR and working fine, but I cant get mpd-git or mplayer-svn installed? I have gcc, python installed and tried both root and user accounts. Not sure what is missing. This is a new dual core laptop so not sure why I am getting the CPU errors below?
This is for mplayer-svn:
==> SVN checkout done or server timeout, updating build dir
==> Applying disabled-features patch...
/var/abs/local/yaourtbuild/mplayer-svn/./PKGBUILD: line 56: patch: command not found
Detected operating system: Linux
Detected host architecture: i386
Checking for host cc ... gcc
Checking for cross compilation ... yes
./configure: line 1605: gcc: command not found
./configure: line 1610: gcc: command not found
Checking for CPU vendor ... GenuineIntel (6:15:11)
Checking for CPU type ... Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7500 @ 2.20GHz
Checking for kernel support of mmx ... failed
It seems that your kernel does not correctly support mmx.
To use mmx extensions in MPlayer, you have to upgrade/recompile your kernel!
Checking for kernel support of mmxext ... failed
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
It seems that your kernel does not correctly support sse.
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.
To use ssse3 extensions in MPlayer, you have to upgrade/recompile your kernel!
Checking for kernel support of cmov ... failed
It seems that your kernel does not correctly support cmov.
To use cmov extensions in MPlayer, you have to upgrade/recompile your kernel!
Checking for mtrr support ... yes
Checking for GCC & CPU optimization abilities ... CPU optimization disabled. CPU not recognized or your compiler is too old.
error
Checking for byte order ... failed to autodetect byte order, defaulting to little-endian
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
See `config.log' for more details.
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 ....

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Upgrading certain AUR packages when specific official packages change

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[SOLVED] cant install acpi_call-git

cant install acpi_call-git from aur here is the output
Comment by CIB (2013-08-02 13:22)
Getting errors when trying to build this, it seems to rely on something already being in /usr/lib/modules/3.10.3-1-ARCH/build
Does this rely on some kernel source package or something?
Comment by CIB (2013-08-02 14:02)
Looks like it: linux-headers package. Could that be added to the dependencies, please?
Comment by vadimk (2013-08-17 01:00)
I just tried to makepkg for acpi_call-git package and it fails because
of rejected acpi_call-x86_64.patch. I compared the patch and original file
and they are with the same changes. As a local fix I used:
--- PKGBUILD 2013-08-17 03:36:47.690127666 +0300
+++ PKGBUILD 2013-08-17 03:37:31.380127165 +0300
@@ -46,12 +46,6 @@
sed -i 's|/lib/modules/|/usr/lib/modules/|g' ./Makefile || return 1
fi
- ## x86_64 Patch
- if [ "$CARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
- msg "Patching for x86_64 systems"
- patch -p1 -i ${srcdir}/acpi_call-x86_64.patch
- fi
## Build
make
I think that patch should be removed too.
Comment by jlgaddis (2013-08-19 15:43)
Confirming `makepkg` fails and flagging as out-of-date due to contents of acpi_call-x86_64.patch being included in upstream as of 02-Jun-2013:
https://github.com/mkottman/acpi_call/commit/b41b5d9c3e309a207547eb2b3e45237fbadd0bbc
Comment by veroke (2013-09-10 21:58)
i Just removed these lines, and it built..
## x86_64 Patch
if [ "$CARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
msg "Patching for x86_64 systems"
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fi
acpi_call-git 20121230-2 (Sat Aug 7 15:33:04 IST 2010)
( Unsupported package: Potentially dangerous ! )
- git (already installed)
Cloning into 'acpi_call'...
Checking connectivity... done
patching file acpi_call.c
Reversed (or previously applied) patch detected! Assume -R? [n]
Apply anyway? [n]
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1 out of 1 hunk ignored -- saving rejects to file acpi_call.c.rej
Last edited by nos09 (2013-09-18 15:48:08)

I've used the default PKGBUILD on my 32-bit system and it went just fine:
$ makepkg -si
==> Making package: acpi_call-git 20121230-2 (Wed Sep 18 17:02:03 CEST 2013)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> Retrieving sources...
==> Extracting sources...
==> Removing existing pkg/ directory...
==> Starting build()...
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==> WARNING: example #1: 'pacman -S linux-headers'
==> WARNING: example #2: 'pacman -S linux-lts-headers'
==> Git checkout: Updating existing tree
Already up-to-date.
==> Git checkout: Tree has been updated
==> Checkout completed
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make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-3.11.1-1-ARCH'
CC [M] /home/karol/apps/acpi_call-git/src/acpi_call-build/acpi_call.o
/home/karol/apps/acpi_call-git/src/acpi_call-build/acpi_call.c: In function ‘acpi_proc_write’:
/home/karol/apps/acpi_call-git/src/acpi_call-build/acpi_call.c:273:9: warning: format ‘%lu’ expects argument of type ‘long unsigned int’, but argument 2 has type ‘size_t’ [-Wformat=]
printk(KERN_ERR "acpi_call: Input too long! (%lu)\n", len);
^
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 1 modules
CC /home/karol/apps/acpi_call-git/src/acpi_call-build/acpi_call.mod.o
LD [M] /home/karol/apps/acpi_call-git/src/acpi_call-build/acpi_call.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-3.11.1-1-ARCH'
==> Entering fakeroot environment...
==> Starting package()...
==> WARNING: The following kernel module build procedure *will fail* if your kernel headers are not built/installed!
-> Building module for 3.11.1-1-ARCH...
==> Tidying install...
-> Purging unwanted files...
-> Compressing man and info pages...
-> Stripping unneeded symbols from binaries and libraries...
==> Creating package "acpi_call-git"...
-> Generating .PKGINFO file...
-> Adding install file...
-> Generating .MTREE file...
-> Compressing package...
==> Leaving fakeroot environment.
==> Finished making: acpi_call-git 20121230-2 (Wed Sep 18 17:02:20 CEST 2013)
==> Installing package acpi_call-git with pacman -U...
loading packages...
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
Packages (1):
Name New Version Net Change
acpi_call-git 20121230-2 0.06 MiB
Total Installed Size: 0.06 MiB
:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
(1/1) checking keys in keyring [########################################################] 100%
(1/1) checking package integrity [########################################################] 100%
(1/1) loading package files [########################################################] 100%
(1/1) checking for file conflicts [########################################################] 100%
(1/1) checking available disk space [########################################################] 100%
(1/1) installing acpi_call-git [########################################################] 100%
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linux-headers: needed if using archlinux default kernel [installed]
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[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.
So for example I type as usually yaourt -Syu --aur but I noticed it doesn't show AUR packages I can update. Only from core/extra/community
For example I just typed:
yaourt yaourt
1 aur/yaourt 0.9.2.6-1 [0.9.2.5-1 installed] (2406)
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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.
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Last edited by ngsupb (2009-08-21 13:15:09)

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[Solved] Cant install mplayer-svn

Maybe I am missing something, but I am trying to install the svn for mplayer and getting this error asking me which file to patch.
Any suggestions:
100%[=====================================>] 222,567 86.6K/s in 2.5s
2009-04-18 20:52:37 (86.6 KB/s) - `Blue-1.7.tar.bz2.part' saved [222567/222567]
-> Found no_segfault_configure.patch in build dir
==> Validating source files with md5sums...
Blue-1.7.tar.bz2 ... Passed
no_segfault_configure.patch ... Passed
==> Extracting Sources...
-> bsdtar -x -f Blue-1.7.tar.bz2
==> Entering fakeroot environment...
==> Determining latest svn revision...
svn: Can't connect to host 'svn.mplayerhq.hu': Connection refused
==> Starting build()...
svn: Can't connect to host 'svn.mplayerhq.hu': Connection refused
==> SVN checkout done or server timeout
==> Starting make...
cp: cannot stat `mplayer': No such file or directory
./PKGBUILD: line 38: cd: mplayer-build: No such file or directory
can't find file to patch at input line 3
Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option?
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|--- a/configure.old 2008-11-15 23:27:59.000000000 +0100
|+++ b/configure 2008-11-15 23:28:26.000000000 +0100
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Last edited by banshee28 (2009-04-19 17:59:08)

banshee28 wrote:1) Is it normal for some of these AUR packages to take 2-5 mins to install? They go through thousands of lines and many pages of commands which seems like quite a long time to install a rather small media player?
The mplayer subversion tree as of right now has 2752 files, so the initial download will take a little while. It tries to optimize the code based on your current processor and it does a bit of linking. It does take a while to compile.
banshee28 wrote:2) Whats the best way to maintain this and keep it up-to-date? Will it update with -Syu or do I need to install it again? Not sure about the svn setup?
Assuming that you didn't delete the build folder, the package will only pull down new files in the build tree, so it won't take as long to download next time. Although, it's pulling in FFmpeg which changes very quickly. The compile times will probably stay roughly the same.

[Solved] Permissions issues when updating AUR package.

Hi there,
Today i was trying to update some of my AUR packages, but all I got is "Error - all files must have permissions of 644 or 755."
It isn't very clear to me, i've changed all the files/directories permissions and i'm still getting this error so I gave up, i don't know what's going on, i've doing the same package process for a while with no problems.
I can see the SRC file is compressed as root (root/root), I did a fresh Arch install three days ago to use all my hard disk drive (i was dualbooting), so I don't know if that could be the problem, I've changed my user's primary group anyways.
- https://pastebin.osuosl.org/14606/
EDIT*
I don't know why some of my backup files had 400 and 755 persmissions, i changed back to 644, i did it before... and it didn't work...
Last edited by AbaddonOrmuz (2015-01-22 21:44:53)

The source files must have 644 or 755 permissions. In your first paste, the source files have 777 permissions.

[SOLVED] What are Git-type AUR packages?

I read the ArchWiki Entry on Git, but I still don't really understand what it is in terms of Aur packages.
I've seen this a couple of times, where there's a second git version of a package in AUR. For example, when I type 'prey' into Yaourt, I get a couple of results, among them:
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Statistics
Packages 42851
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Packages added in the past 7 days 126
Packages updated in the past 7 days 1052
Packages updated in the past year 17219
Packages never updated 10679
Registered Users 46348
Trusted Users 34
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[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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[solved] have to update my aur package

One of my aur package, lib32-libva, was in the need to be be updated.
I've already uploaded my aur packages to aur4 some days ago, so now, has long as i understood, if i update the old "aur" domain package, the change will never be reflected to the new aur4.
So i've updated it via git only to aur4, but the change is not visible to the "old" aur domain.
Is this supposed to happen?
Did i do it right?
Am i supposed to update the old aur packages manually?
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I think It is supposed to be so, you have to update the packages on both domains. From this email announcing the AUR 4.0.0 pre-alpha release
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to aur-dev.archlinux.org and co-maintain them on aur.archlinux.org and
the Git repository on aur-dev.archlinux.org for some time (roughly four
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SOLVED - Cant install normal PHP package

trying to install php with command
pacman -S php
Response
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
Targets (1): php-5.3.3-3
Total Download Size: 2.82 MB
Total Installed Size: 14.28 MB
Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
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error: failed retrieving file 'php-5.3.3-3-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' from gd.tuwien.ac.at : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
error: failed retrieving file 'php-5.3.3-3-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' from mirrors.kernel.org : Not Found
error: failed retrieving file 'php-5.3.3-3-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' from gd.tuwien.ac.at : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
error: failed retrieving file 'php-5.3.3-3-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' from gd.tuwien.ac.at : Not Found
warning: failed to retrieve some files from extra
error: failed to commit transaction (Not Found)
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
I'm also wondering.. isn't php-5.3.5 the newest?
Thanks for any advice in advance!
Last edited by dershodan (2011-03-12 10:38:27)

5.3.5-2 is the latest. Your mirrors are not up-to-date. Switch to new mirrors which are current then refresh and do a full system update (pacman -Syyu).

How do I install co-dependent AUR packages?

I downloaded the Bumblebee tarball using lynx.
lynx https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/bumblebee/
Then I extracted it.
# tar -xvzf bumblebee.tar.gz
Then I went to the appropriate directory.
# cd bumblebee
Then I ran makepkg.
# makepkg -s
It returned the following error.
error: target not found: virtualgl
==> ERROR: 'pacman' failed to install missing dependencies.
I want to use primus instead of virtualgl. So, I try to install it.
lynx https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/primus-git/
Extracted it...
# tar -xvzf primus-git.tar.gz
cd to directory
# cd primus-git
makepkg
# makepkg -s
Another error.
error: target not found: bumblebee
==> ERROR: 'pacman' failed to install missing dependencies.
What do?
** EDIT - I changed the title and content to reflect the actual problem. **
Moderator note: Please never do this! If you change the proper of your first post the whole thread becomes useless. Even if you made some really silly mistakes (all of us do sometimes) leave the thread intact and put a note in a final post why you think so and what you have done. It will help others to not stumble in this same trap again.
Forum Etiquette
Last edited by bernarcher (2012-12-16 05:04:40)

WonderWoofy wrote:
doug piston wrote:
You can't use pacman for packages in the AUR.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ar … Repository
Seenig that the OP doesn't seem to understand the difference between the AUR and official repos, I would just like to clarify this comment for Doug Piston. In reality, you still end up using pacman for packages in the AUR. Though these packages are not yet built, so you have to use the PKGBUILD/tarball from the AUR along with makepkg to produce the package. Then you ultimately install it with pacman.
I will have to do further research on this topic. Thank you for the pointers. I appreciate your help.

[SOLVED] Seeking for advice at aur package managment.

Hello again.
I've been using arch for a little time but this far I like it more eveyday.
I've installed virtualbox PUEL from the AUR with makepkg and pacman -U. It's working fine.
But I want to install more software from the AUR. Actually, maybe I'll be installing lots of software from the AUR. My question is, since these software is installed "manualy", is there an easy way of keeping it up to date?
I've tried yaourt but I really don't like it very much. (Im not using sudo [maybe later] and it asked my root password 3 or 4 times and finally wasn't able to install anything; pacman works fine. Yaourt has no good documentation) I even created an AUR account to see if there was some way of getting notifications of updated packages to upgrade them manually. But this far, I haven't found any satistactory solution.
Edit: Also, I've seen that at least for virtualbox and yaourt, there are repos that can be added to pacman. Can I add a repo for each piece of software chosen from the AUR? Are there repos only for some "very used" software?
Thanks for your advice.
Last edited by ztrange (2009-08-02 06:44:08)

ztrange wrote:
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But I want to install more software from the AUR. Actually, maybe I'll be installing lots of software from the AUR. My question is, since these software is installed "manualy", is there an easy way of keeping it up to date?p
Actually, I think that with yaourt you could do the best update for all AUR-installed packages. yaourt -Syyu --aur --devel for example.
I've tried yaourt but I really don't like it very much. (Im not using sudo [maybe later] and it asked my root password 3 or 4 times and finally wasn't able to install anything; pacman works fine. Yaourt has no good documentation) I even created an AUR account to see if there was some way of getting notifications of updated packages to upgrade them manually. But this far, I haven't found any satistactory solution.
Try aurbuild as well
Edit: Also, I've seen that at least for virtualbox and yaourt, there are repos that can be added to pacman. Can I add a repo for each piece of software chosen from the AUR? Are there repos only for some "very used" software?
Thanks for your advice.
Except for [community] of course
I can think of two unofficial repos:
repo.archlinux.fr
[archlinuxfr]
Server = http://repo.archlinux.fr/i686
or
[archlinuxfr]
Server = http://repo.archlinux.fr/x86_64
and adslgr32/64
amd64
[adslgr64]
Server = http://adslgr64.tiven.org/archlinux/x86_64
and the
i686 one
[adslgr32]
Server = http://adslgr32.tiven.org/archlinux/i686

[SOLVED]openstudio is a new AUR package, requesting review of PKGBUILD

Hi,
I have been working on a simple desktop environment for Arch Linux, called OpenStudio.se . This is the first time I have made a PKGBUILD and it would be great if anyone with some more experience could help me verify that the PKGBUILD is correct. I have tested it on both x86_64 and x86 systems and it works well and the package installs correctly with pacman.
If you want to check out the desktop environment, visit www.openstudio.se
BR
Mikael
Here is my PKGBUILD :
# Maintainer: Mikael Nordvall <[email protected]>
pkgname=openstudio
pkgver=0.4
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Scripts to install and configure a simple, lightweight desktop environment for Arch Linux"
arch=(any)
url="http://www.openstudio.se/de/"
license=('GPL3')
source=(http://www.openstudio.se/de/source/$pkgname.tar.gz)
md5sums=('dc085cf28b74a541833a680603fa85be') #generate with 'makepkg -g'
package() {
mkdir $pkgdir/etc
mkdir $pkgdir/etc/openstudio
mkdir $pkgdir/usr
mkdir $pkgdir/usr/bin
mkdir $pkgdir/usr/share
mkdir $pkgdir/usr/share/man
mkdir $pkgdir/usr/share/man/man1
cp -r $srcdir/$pkgname $pkgdir/usr/share/
cd $pkgdir/usr/share/$pkgname/
cp ./scripts/openstudio $pkgdir/usr/bin/
cp ./library/manpage/openstudio.1.gz $pkgdir/usr/share/man/man1/
Last edited by zkeng (2011-10-09 10:27:25)

Thank you very much for the input Stefan. I will update the PKGBUILD according to your suggestions.
About the empty dir /etc/openstudio
The openstudio package contains a system configure script. When executed this script will set-up some global config files (shared for all users) in this dir. The reason why I created it already during installation is because I do want it to be removed if you decide to remove the openstudio package. The reason why it is empty at the beginning is because I do not want to over-write its content when openstudio package is upgraded.
Maybe there is another standard way of solving this kind of issue, but to avoid the error you mentioned about an empty dir I made sure an info file is copied to the dir during install.
New PKGBUILD (with new md5sum) :
# Maintainer: Mikael Nordvall <[email protected]>
pkgname=openstudio
pkgver=0.4
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Scripts to install and configure a simple, lightweight desktop environment for Arch Linux"
arch=(any)
url="http://www.openstudio.se/de/"
license=('GPL3')
source=(http://www.openstudio.se/de/source/$pkgname.tar.gz)
md5sums=('4f9dec211a1b082d91251fa0e73810db') #generate with 'makepkg -g'
package() {
install -d $pkgdir/usr/share
cp -r $srcdir/$pkgname $pkgdir/usr/share/
cd $pkgdir/usr/share/$pkgname/
install -Dm755 ./scripts/$pkgname $pkgdir/usr/bin/$pkgname
install -Dm644 ./library/config/readme_etc_$pkgname \
$pkgdir/etc/$pkgname/readme_etc_$pkgname
install -Dm644 ./library/manpage/$pkgname.1.gz \
$pkgdir/usr/share/man/man1/$pkgname.1.gz
Last edited by zkeng (2011-10-08 18:48:59)

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