(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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[Solved] How to include examples for an AUR package

Hi,
I read the wiki pages how to create packages for the AUR,
but I am not sure how to include examples which should be placed
in /usr/share/doc/<package>/examples/ after the package was installed.
Should all files be mentioned in the "sources" variable of the PKGBUILD
or is it better to copy them via the .install file?
Last edited by fana (2012-01-22 17:38:41)

fana wrote:Ah, I see. So a good way would be just providing a tarball with all the examples and add that tarball to the source array
Yup, I don't see how are these are examples different [1] from the other files.
[1] Well, apart from stuff like https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/25998 ;P

[SOLVED]yaourt wants to build dependencies from AUR

Hi,
I've installed kdemod4... the only problem is that yaourt wants ti install all the dependences of the package(s) i've choose from aur, altough dependencies are present in extra (correct version). How can i solve this??
An example is:
cairo-lcd: i have to build all the dependencies from aur, like libpng,etc; but i see from PKGBUILD that the version that needs cairo-lcd is present in extra repository...
thanks in advance
Last edited by chesterfork (2009-07-13 10:07:26)

..i'm running kdemod 4 x86_64...so if i try install everything using yaourt the dependencies are shown in this way:
==> lib32-cairo-lcd dependencies:
- lib32-gcc-libs (building from AUR)
- lib32-libpng (building from AUR)
- lib32-libxrender (building from AUR)
- lib32-fontconfig (building from AUR)
- lib32-pixman (building from AUR)
- lib32-xcb-util (building from AUR)
if it could help i found this:
chesterfork ~ $ yaourt -S lib32-cairo
lib32-cairo not found on AUR
Packages that were installed as dependencies but are no longer required by any installed package:
error:
what about the error? it's a blank line.... i checked yaourtrc in /etc but it seems ok..
It's happen even if i have these packages installed (and checking in pkg build they have are the same version). EVERYTIME yaourt shows that; cairo, cairo-lcd, bin32-skype-lib32-cairo-lcd....eveything i tried it needs dependencies from aur ONLY. That's the problem....there is a solution??

[Solved] how to patch source file from AUR for gcc46 ?

In a topic from yesterday, I was seeking help to get AUR package 'insight' installed, but so far no luck, since there seems to be a bug in the source that won't work with the gcc47 compiler. I'm posting this new topic, since the subject has changed a bit - I'm now trying to compile gcc46 because another user had success with that version in compiling the 'insight' package, and I need to patch the gcc46 source to get it to compile.
I'm looking for help to fix the problem myself, or if anyone wants to create a new PKGBUILD to handle the problem, that would be nice too
Originally, I thought I would try to install gcc42 from AUR and use that to run makepkg on the 'insight' app, since one user had success with this version of gcc. Both gcc42 and gcc46 give me the same errors with an 'unwind' file, and I couldn't get either to compile (errors about unwind.h or linux-unwind.h).
I found a post with a link to a patch (for gcc46), but I have no idea where to apply or how to apply this patch. I think I'm supposed to apply it to this file, but again, I'm not sure how to apply a patch:
/home/briphi/builds/gcc46/src/gcc-4.6.3/gcc/unwind-dw2.c
, but this c file has includes to other "unwind" header files. Here is a link to the unwind-dw2.c file at my dropbox folder, if anyone needs to see this file without downloading/compiling gcc46: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8169867/unwind-dw2.c
Sticking with gcc46 for the moment (since I found the patch for this version)...
The post with the link to the patch to gcc46 is here: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 0#p1229880
The patch at pastebin.com is here: http://pastebin.com/VkgE27Pd and looks like this:
--- a/gcc/config/i386/linux-unwind.h 2011-01-03 20:52:22.000000000 +0000
+++ b/gcc/config/i386/linux-unwind.h 2012-07-06 12:23:51.562859470 +0100
@@ -133,9 +133,9 @@
struct rt_sigframe {
int sig;
- struct siginfo *pinfo;
+ siginfo_t *pinfo;
void *puc;
- struct siginfo info;
+ siginfo_t info;
struct ucontext uc;
} *rt_ = context->cfa;
/* The void * cast is necessary to avoid an aliasing warning.
The package that I'm actually trying to install is 'insight', here: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/insight/
My error when compiling (running makepkg -s on gcc46) looks like this:
/home/briphi/builds/gcc46/src/gcc-build/./gcc/xgcc -B/home/briphi/builds/gcc46/src/gcc-build/./gcc/ -B/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ -B/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/lib/ -isystem /usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/include -isystem /usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/sys-include -g -march=i686 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -O2 -g -march=i686 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -DIN_GCC -W -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Wcast-qual -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wold-style-definition -isystem ./include -fPIC -g -DHAVE_GTHR_DEFAULT -DIN_LIBGCC2 -D__GCC_FLOAT_NOT_NEEDED -fno-stack-protector -I. -I. -I../.././gcc -I/home/briphi/builds/gcc46/src/gcc-4.6.3/libgcc -I/home/briphi/builds/gcc46/src/gcc-4.6.3/libgcc/. -I/home/briphi/builds/gcc46/src/gcc-4.6.3/libgcc/../gcc -I/home/briphi/builds/gcc46/src/gcc-4.6.3/libgcc/../include -I/home/briphi/builds/gcc46/src/gcc-4.6.3/libgcc/config/libbid -DENABLE_DECIMAL_BID_FORMAT -DHAVE_CC_TLS -DUSE_TLS -o unwind-dw2.o -MT unwind-dw2.o -MD -MP -MF unwind-dw2.dep -fexceptions -c /home/briphi/builds/gcc46/src/gcc-4.6.3/libgcc/../gcc/unwind-dw2.c -fvisibility=hidden -DHIDE_EXPORTS
In file included from /home/briphi/builds/gcc46/src/gcc-4.6.3/libgcc/../gcc/unwind-dw2.c:333:0:
/home/briphi/builds/gcc46/src/gcc-4.6.3/libgcc/../gcc/config/i386/linux-unwind.h: In function ‘x86_fallback_frame_state’:
/home/briphi/builds/gcc46/src/gcc-4.6.3/libgcc/../gcc/config/i386/linux-unwind.h:138:17: error: field ‘info’ has incomplete type
make[3]: *** [unwind-dw2.o] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/briphi/builds/gcc46/src/gcc-build/i686-pc-linux-gnu/libgcc'
make[2]: *** [all-stage1-target-libgcc] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/briphi/builds/gcc46/src/gcc-build'
make[1]: *** [stage1-bubble] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/briphi/builds/gcc46/src/gcc-build'
make: *** [all] Error 2
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build().
Aborting...
Last edited by stringchopper (2013-02-15 08:29:39)

Lone_Wolf wrote:
@ stringchopper
The file(s) that need patching are mentioned in the patch, so you don't have to know yourself where they are.
patch files like these are usually applied from the directory where you build stuff.
On your system that is probably this folder : /home/briphi/builds/gcc46/src/gcc-4.6.3/
for details about the command used to apply the patch, t0m5k1's link above should help.
Thanks Lone_Wolf for the help. I'm suffering from information overload at the moment, so (@t0m5k1) even though I found the same results that you found through google, they weren't explicit enough.

[solved] How can I remove a package?

I used to have a *-32 and a *-64 version of a certain package but recently wrote a PKGBUILD that detects the architecture and downloads the correct archive respectfully, so I want to remove my old two packages. There used to be a button where I could just remove packages I own, but it somehow disappeared? I think? Where is it?
Last edited by synthead (2008-12-23 12:04:57)

Sounds good I wrote to the list, thanks

[solved] error on upgrading any perl- (cpan) AUR package

with any perl- package I try to upgrade via AUR right now, I run into the same error, namely:
Can't locate object method "add_string_requirement" via package "CPAN::Meta::Requirements" at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/CPAN/Meta/Converter.pm line 358.
at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/ExtUtils/MM_Any.pm line 824.
Can't locate object method "add_string_requirement" via package "CPAN::Meta::Requirements" at /usr/share/perl5/core_perl/CPAN/Meta/Converter.pm line 358.
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build().
Aborting...
somebody already asked me (on the AUR page for perl-www-shorten)
"Check if you have /usr/share/perl5/site_perl directory with old version of CPANPlus or MakeMaker packages, which can interfere with default ones during build. "
any my answer to that
"the only thing in site_perl is File/MMagic.pm
I've also checked whether there are other "cpanplus" or "makemaker" related files on my system but there aren't. The only ones that are there are owned by the perl package itself, according to pacman -Qo."
So does anyone have any hints?
Last edited by the_eye (2012-12-17 22:53:48)

in order to prevent another occurence of http://xkcd.com/979/ I'd like to mention that I found what caused the problem.
In one of the vendor_perl directories, namely /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/CPAN/Meta I had a Requirements.pm that conflicted with the one in core_perl.
the one in core_perl was new(ish) and belonged to the perl package itself.
The one in vendor_perl belonged to perl-cpan-meta version 2.113640-1 from AUR.
Runs of pacman -Syu and aurget -Su didn't catch this problem (i.e. that an AUR package that was installed was providing the same functionality that perl did now provide as well.
Removing perl-cpan-meta cleared up all those problems.

[SOLVED] Remove / Uninstall 'supersonic' AUR package

Hi guys, I am setting up a home server which will have OwnCloud and some music streaming with Subsonic.
I read that Supersonic was a fork of Subsonic and was available on AUR so I installed that - though I cannot seem to get it to work, it starts OK but I cannot browse to MYHOMEURL:4040.
Anyways, I am now gonna install the actual subsonic from AUR but I cannot seem to uninstall supersonic using pacman.
Pacman -Rsnc supersonic
...returns 'error: target not found: supersonic'
This is my first time using Arch and of course AUR so I cannot see how to remove this package.
Last edited by kaipee (2012-07-11 19:32:59)

kaipee wrote:
Aah, right thanks Inxsible.
Turns out it was 'supersonic-git'
this forum needs a thanks button
Don't forget to mark thread as [SOLVED]

[SOLVED]How to totally remove configuration files that pacman uses?

Hi,
Playing with Arch linux with a view to ditching windows completely, but came across one very small issue. One where I have tried to find the answer on the wiki and using the forum search
Anyway, I installed firefox using pacman, no problems. Then I discovered Yaught (can never spell it right) and found a proper branded firefox package on there.
I run:
sudo pacman -R firefox
and it is rightly removed. The issue is it still seems to keep the installation files on the system.
How do I completely remove all the installation files?
Last edited by oxymoron (2009-03-16 14:06:34)

Dont need a -y to clean your cache. Also -Scc will wipe the whole thing if you dont want them taking room.
Some thoughts on making use of the cache...
'-Sc' keeps the currently installed pkges and cleans only uninstalled/old pkges from cache, its a good practise to do it everytime *before* you upgrade. Doing that ensures youll always be able to downgrade to a working set of pkges if theres something wrong with an upgrade.

[SOLVED] How to make "yaourt" run with "AUR" command?

I want to change the yaourt command so i can use something like aur or AUR.
for example, instead of
yaourt -S package-name-here
I want to use
AUR -S package-name-here
so that it's easier to type. "yaourt" is such an odd string to type! hehe
I think i might use something like this:
function AUR {
**something like: exec /.../yaourt**
**and some other code to pass on -S or -U conditions...etc**
Can someone tell me what to put in this function and where to save it to?
Also, What's better: using the yaourt call above or the following custom function (instead of yaourt):
function AUR {
cd $aurdir
wget http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/$1/$1.tar.gz && tar -xzf $1.tar.gz && rm $1.tar.gz && cd $1 && makepkg -s
pacman -U **some code goes here to output the correct filename**
I have to think to myself "yeah our t" to type yaourt (haha) so to think "AUR" is much simpler, since that's what we're getting packages from anyways.
Last edited by trusktr (2010-02-21 22:14:20)

When and if one uninstalls yaourt, still gonna leave the aliases in the .bashrc... that's untidy too... Wich is more simple, "ln -s /usr/bin/yaourt /usr/bin/AUR <enter>" or "nano ~/.bashrc <enter> alias AUR='yaourt' <ctrl+x> <y> <enter>" ... It's better to use aliases in .bashrc because you can do so much more and get to learn alil bit more for future reference, but the reasons for not symlinking it's really not that bad. If you've ever used windows for example, symlink works almost the same as creating a shortcut to an application on the desktop, once unistalled the application, you manually have to delete the shortcut. Aliases is the proper way to go, i didn't know this at all.. I just symlinked to yaort but after reading this i switched to alias Btw mark topic as solved ^^

[SOLVED] How to install custom kernel from AUR?

I am trying to install the custom kernel for the Acer Aspire One from AUR. What is the correct way to go about doing this? I pacman -U the .pkg.tar.gz I downloaded and it put a new kernel folder in /usr/src. Do I just copy the old .config file and make?
Last edited by future stir-fry (2008-12-23 01:26:57)

zaza224 wrote:
After installing new kernel with pacman -U you just need to add a new line to grub menu.lst pointing to it and reboot
How would you go about doing this in syslinux instead of grub?
Whoa there, get your shotguns, the zombies are coming!!
Seriously, welcome to the Arch forums zaza224
Please familiarize yourself with our forum guidelines, in particular the topic about waking the dead:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … Bumping.22
Closing.

[SOLVED] how to find perl modules in aur

I want to use yaourt to install a missing perl module.
I get the following error when running ical2rem:
Can't locate Module/Runtime.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/share/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/lib/perl5/core_perl /usr/share/perl5/core_perl .) at /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Class/Load.pm line 10.
How do I find out which package will provide me the module? I have searched CPAN and found Module::Runtime, so I am confident this is what I want, but I couldn't find the equivalent by using "yaourt perl-" and grep-ing the thing for "runtime".
Anyone know how to find this information reliably? Or would you suggest I install directly from within the provided perl-tool? (don't remember what it was called, as I am a perl newbie...)
Last edited by awayand (2011-10-26 04:10:07)

I started to get this already few days ago:
Can't locate Data/OptList.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/share/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/lib/perl5/core_perl /usr/share/perl5/core_perl .) at /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Class/Load.pm line 8.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Class/Load.pm line 8.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/DateTime/TimeZone/Local.pm line 9.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/DateTime/TimeZone/Local.pm line 9.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/DateTime/TimeZone.pm line 13.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/DateTime/TimeZone.pm line 13.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/DateTime.pm line 47.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/DateTime.pm line 47.
OptList.pm seems to be missing. Related problem, or something else?

[SOLVED] How to recover removed partition?

Hello.
I had 600 GB usb drive with a lot of information. It's structure was created via Palimpsest program in a such way:
1)Format drive
1a)Scheme: Don't partiton. Click: Format.
1b)Are you shure? Click: Format.
2)Format volume.
2a)Type: Ext4. Click: Format.
2b)Are you shure? Click: Format.
So, it hasn't partitions as /dev/sdc1, /dev/sdc2 etc, but entire device partition /dev/sdc.
Accidentally, when I decided to format another 8 GB usb-stick in the same way, I applied steps 1-1a-1b on 600 GB usb drive. So the drive was cleaned. But the data is still on it, because this steps are concerning partition table (it takes some seconds), and not disk content.
Are any ways to return everything in original state?
I tried testdisk, bit it doesn't find any files.
Thanks for possible help.
Last edited by roina (2011-11-21 16:48:56)

Nevertheless I solved this problem. Yes, testdisk didn't find any files on the drive, but it correctly determine the type of the previously deleted partition (ext4) and wrote the recipe for forthcoming actions "fsck.ext4 -p -b superblock -B blocksize device". I substituted my options:
fsck.ext4 -b 32768 -B 4096 /dev/sdd
and restored etherything. I checked this method on another USB-stick by comparison of md5sums bethore deletion and after restoration: they were identical.
During finding solution I also tested one program for windows which was also capable for undeliting in this situation, but it's free version undeleted only files less than 64kB. So the first described method works perfect.

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.
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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] How to adjust parameters of an SSIS package in SQL Server when using an SSISDB execution Script (=SP)

Hello,
I created a package in Visual Studio Integration Services, where it runs successfully.
I then deployed it to SQL server 2012. Here to it runs successfully, too.
Then I changed the script in that I exchanged two variables for two parameters - doing the same thing.
I noticed that in VS no dialog window comes up where I could change the value of the parameters; here obviously I am expected to set them in Visual Studio.
However, in SQL Server 2012 the dialog window does come up when I execute the package. I can then change the value of my two parameters and the package runs OK, giving me the expected results.
Now I created a script in SQL Server from which to execute the package. Do I have to change the script every time when I want it to run with different values for the parameters?
So far I have not even found how to feed different values for the parameters into the package by using the script. Or could I tell the script somehow to bring up the dialog window for changing the parameters?
How can I set/change the package parameters by using an SSIS execution script in SQLserver?
Or how could I bring up the dialog window thru the script?
Would s.o have an example?
Help is greatly appreaciated.
Thank you
Andreas

Hi,
I found out by myself and leave the answer here should s.b. else wonder about the same issue.
Look at this:
Declare
@var0 sql_variant
= 1
Exec
[SSISDB].[catalog].[set_execution_parameter_value]
@execution_id,
@object_type=30,
@parameter_name='MaxPosition',
@parameter_value=@var0
Declare
@var1 nvarchar
= 'x'
Exec
[SSISDB].[catalog].[set_execution_parameter_value]
@execution_id,
@object_type=30,
@parameter_name='NameContains',
@parameter_value=@var1
Now, what is important and was not evident to me is:
1) The variable you use for the parameters - here var0 and var1 must match in their data type the corresponding parameter used in the package.
2) The @parameter_name must match the corresponding parameter name in the package.
3) The value that is being passed to the respective package parameter is the value you specify in the Declare statement. So in my case a string x and an int 1 is used.
4) Of course the @object_type must be set to 30 for package parameters
Then the script runs the package with adjusted parameters.
To many this might be evident, to me it was not.
Cheers
Andi
Andreas

[SOLVED] How to get a list of ignored packages?

I'm trying to make a script to compile my already *AND UP TO DATE* installed packages for my cpu.
Right now it works well, but i'm facing the issue that i've to avoid building packages that are in my ignoregroup or ignorepkg (say - an old version of grub and flashplayer) and can't find a pacman option that tells me what packages i'm ignoring.
Suggestions?
Last edited by kokoko3k (2013-10-09 15:39:51)

Thanks, it almost works.
I corrected some uppercase in ignorepkg -> IgnorePkg and ignoregroup->IgnoreGroup, that's what happens:
IgnorePkg = hplip IgnorePkg = libv4l IgnorePkg = grub IgnorePkg = flashplugin base-devel base gnome-extra gnome calligra ladspa-plugins xfce4 xorg xorg-fonts fprint gstreamer0.10-plugins kde-meta kde kdebase kdeaccessibility kdeadmin kdeartwork kdebindings kdeedu kdegames kdegraphics kdemultimedia kdenetwork kdepim kdeplasma-addons kdesdk kdetoys kdeutils kdewebdev libreoffice libreoffice-extensions xfce4-goodies qt qt5 telepathy kde-telepathy texlive-most texlive-lang xorg-drivers xorg-apps cegcc linux-tools dlang dlang-dmd fcitx-im firefox-addons gambas3 dlang-gdc gnustep-core google-gadgets lxde i3 dlang-ldc qtcurve tesseract-data vim-plugins xmms-plugins xmms-io-plugins abc ifiction inform esclinux tads bepo
the first 3 packages are right, but it echoes "IgnorePkg =" too.
I don't know where the rest of the list comes from, it seems just a plain list of the available groups; probably done because i've no ignore groups?
Last edited by kokoko3k (2013-10-09 14:52:54)

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