[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)
and see that I can update yaourt. I have other packages installed from AUR, how do I know that a newer version is available without checking it manually?
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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[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] How to update AUR packages?

Hi,
I am new to archlinux. a few days ago i installed my first application from the AUR and now I am wondering: How can i update? I believe that I have to use an AUR helper to do that. Is that correct? And which helper should i use? Any recommendations?
thanx
Last edited by turtlefox (2015-05-12 14:36:27)

ok I understand, fetch the tarball again and building it will work. (that already came to my mind actually)
However, for long-term use I kind of want a more convenient solution, so I think I will try cower.
Can anyone tell me how to install cower? At https://github.com/falconindy/cower there is only a zip-file that I can download. The zip file contains the files 'bash_completion', 'config', 'cower.c', 'Makefile', 'README.pod' and 'zsh_completion'. (sorry, but I see no option for including the files in this post) In the README however, there is no information about installation.

Yaourt: Problems installing generated AUR packages [SOLVED]

Hello.
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.
==> Continue installing wicked-git? [Y/n]
==> [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
==> WARNING: Your package is saved in /tmp/yaourt-tmp-timofonic/wicked-git-20090112-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz
cp: cannot stat `./wicked-git-20090112-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz': No such file or directory
==> WARNING: Unable to copy wicked-git-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz to /tmp/yaourt-tmp-timofonic/ directory
Any idea about how to fix it? I tried using both an user with sudo and root, same problem.
Regards.
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
/tmp/yaourt-tmp-root/aur-wicked-git/wicked-git/wicked-git-20090709-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz
Please, could anyone help me to solve this problem?
Last edited by timofonic (2009-07-09 22:08:47)

How to list AUR packages in terminal with yaourt or other helper?

I can list packages I have installed from AUR, for example to find all the developer components of Xfce that I have installed, I can run the following command:
pacman -Qim | grep -E "Name : xf".+devel
Which outputs:
Name : xfce4-appfinder-devel
Name : xfce4-dev-tools-devel
Name : xfce4-panel-devel
Name : xfce4-session-devel
Name : xfce4-settings-devel
Name : xfdesktop-devel
Name : xfwm4-devel
But, how do I find out if there are other packages that match the same regex pattern available in the AUR, maybe using yaourt? When I try:
yaourt -Si | grep -E "Name : xf".+devel
I get no output. When I don't include .+devel, I find out that none of the AUR packages are included. If I try to force it to search the AUR by including -a, it says that's not a valid option.
So, how do I search the AUR from the terminal?

falconindy wrote:
cower transparently supports regex -- but not thanks to the AUR. In reality, the query "xf.*-devel" is actually asking the AUR to search for "xf". The returned results are filtered against the regex "xf.*-devel" and out pops magic.
Yaourt doesn't do this.
I saw that, but Yaourt should be able to simply query the AUR without it trying to install stuff, but how? Does anyone know? I knew yaourt didn't support regex, that's why I was piping the output to grep. It worked for pacman, and works for yaourt when it uses pacman, but I can't figure out how to get it to return the contents of the AUR so I can pipe those contents through grep.

[SOLVED] How to install aur packages using pacaur

I'm trying to install dwb-git. It installs with no problem with aura, but pacaur gives me problems. If I run pacaur as regular user it will build but will not install and will say permission denied.
If I run pacaur with sudo it will say building packages as root is a bad idea and will quit. The only other possibility I see is running it with --asroot flag which is a really bad idea.
Last edited by bstaletic (2014-06-22 15:02:41)

No, I get the errors I described above.
Here are the outputs:
bstaletic@arch ~ $ pacaur -y dwb-git
:: resolving dependencies...
:: no AUR metadata for dwb-git package
:: looking for inter-conflicts...
AUR Packages (1):
Name Old Version New Version
aur/dwb-git latest
:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
:: Retrieving package(s)...
:: View dwb-git PKGBUILD? [Y/n] n
:: View dwb.install script? [Y/n] n
==> Making package: dwb-git 2014.03.04.g5088db1-1 (Sun Jun 22 15:46:30 CEST 2014)
==> Retrieving sources...
-> Cloning dwb git repo...
Cloning into bare repository '/tmp/pacaurtmp-bstaletic/dwb-git/dwb'...
remote: Counting objects: 15056, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (3796/3796), done.
remote: Total 15056 (delta 11190), reused 14783 (delta 10952)
Receiving objects: 100% (15056/15056), 2.63 MiB | 88.00 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (11190/11190), done.
Checking connectivity... done.
==> Validating source files with md5sums...
dwb ... Skipped
==> Extracting sources...
-> Creating working copy of dwb git repo...
Cloning into 'dwb'...
done.
==> Starting pkgver()...
==> Updated version: dwb-git 2014.06.14.g9f4bdb9-1
==> Sources are ready.
:: Building dwb-git package(s)...
==> Making package: dwb-git 2014.06.14.g9f4bdb9-1 (Sun Jun 22 15:47:05 CEST 2014)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> WARNING: Using existing src/ tree
==> Starting build()...
Build options:
CC = cc
CFLAGS = -march=native -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wall -Werror=format-security -pipe --ansi -std=c99 -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=200112L -O2 -g -D_BSD_SOURCE -D_NETBSD_SOURCE -D__BSD_VISIBLE -pthread -I/usr/include/webkitgtk-1.0 -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/include -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/include/atk-1.0 -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/pixman-1 -I/usr/include/libdrm -I/usr/include/gdk-pixbuf-2.0 -I/usr/include/libpng16 -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng16 -I/usr/include/harfbuzz -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng16 -I/usr/include/harfbuzz -I/usr/include/libsoup-2.4 -I/usr/include/libxml2 -I/usr/include/webkitgtk-1.0 -I/usr/include/p11-kit-1 -I/usr/include/json-c -I/usr/include/libsecret-1 -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include -DWITH_LIBSOUP_2_38=1
LDFLAGS = -Wl,-O1,--sort-common,--as-needed,-z,relro -lwebkitgtk-1.0 -lgtk-x11-2.0 -lgdk-x11-2.0 -lpangocairo-1.0 -latk-1.0 -lcairo -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lpangoft2-1.0 -lpango-1.0 -lfontconfig -lfreetype -lsoup-2.4 -ljavascriptcoregtk-1.0 -lgnutls -ljson-c -lsecret-1 -lgio-2.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lglib-2.0 -lpthread -lm -lX11
CPPFLAGS = -march=native -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -DWITH_LIBSECRET
make[1]: Entering directory '/tmp/pacaurtmp-bstaletic/dwb-git/src/dwb/src/util'
cc convert_transport_security.c
convert_transport_security.c: In function ‘handle_pinsets’:
convert_transport_security.c:256:9: warning: ‘json_object_object_get’ is deprecated (declared at /usr/include/json-c/json_object.h:290) [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
if((name_obj = json_object_object_get(pin_list, "name")) == NULL || !json_object_is_type(name_obj, json_type_string))
^
convert_transport_security.c:263:9: warning: ‘json_object_object_get’ is deprecated (declared at /usr/include/json-c/json_object.h:290) [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
good_hashes = json_object_object_get(pin_list, "static_spki_hashes");
^
convert_transport_security.c:264:9: warning: ‘json_object_object_get’ is deprecated (declared at /usr/include/json-c/json_object.h:290) [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
bad_hashes = json_object_object_get(pin_list, "bad_static_spki_hashes");
^
convert_transport_security.c: In function ‘handle_entries’:
convert_transport_security.c:297:9: warning: ‘json_object_object_get’ is deprecated (declared at /usr/include/json-c/json_object.h:290) [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
if((name_obj = json_object_object_get(entry, "name")) == NULL ||
^
convert_transport_security.c:307:9: warning: ‘json_object_object_get’ is deprecated (declared at /usr/include/json-c/json_object.h:290) [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
json_object *mode = json_object_object_get(entry, "mode");
^
convert_transport_security.c:315:9: warning: ‘json_object_object_get’ is deprecated (declared at /usr/include/json-c/json_object.h:290) [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
json_object *include_subdomains = json_object_object_get(entry, "include_subdomains");
^
convert_transport_security.c:327:9: warning: ‘json_object_object_get’ is deprecated (declared at /usr/include/json-c/json_object.h:290) [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
if((entry_pins = json_object_object_get(entry, "pins")) != NULL)
^
convert_transport_security.c: In function ‘parse_json’:
convert_transport_security.c:371:5: warning: ‘json_object_object_get’ is deprecated (declared at /usr/include/json-c/json_object.h:290) [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
if((pinsets = json_object_object_get(json, "pinsets")) == NULL || !json_object_is_type(pinsets, json_type_array) ||
^
convert_transport_security.c:380:5: warning: ‘json_object_object_get’ is deprecated (declared at /usr/include/json-c/json_object.h:290) [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
if((entries = json_object_object_get(json, "entries")) == NULL || !json_object_is_type(entries, json_type_array) ||
^
gen hsts_preload.h
/bin/sh: ./convert_transport_security: Permission denied
Makefile:41: recipe for target '../../src/hsts_preload.h' failed
make[1]: *** [../../src/hsts_preload.h] Error 126
make[1]: Leaving directory '/tmp/pacaurtmp-bstaletic/dwb-git/src/dwb/src/util'
Makefile:22: recipe for target 'src/util.subdir-buildfirst' failed
make: *** [src/util.subdir-buildfirst] Error 2
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build().
Aborting...
:: dwb-git cleaned
bstaletic@arch ~ $ sudo pacaur -y dwb-git
:: resolving dependencies...
:: no AUR metadata for dwb-git package
:: looking for inter-conflicts...
AUR Packages (1):
Name Old Version New Version
aur/dwb-git latest
:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
:: Retrieving package(s)...
:: View dwb-git PKGBUILD? [Y/n] n
:: View dwb.install script? [Y/n] n
==> ERROR: Running makepkg as root is a BAD idea and can cause permanent,
catastrophic damage to your system. If you wish to run as root, please
use the --asroot option.
:: Building dwb-git package(s)...
==> ERROR: Running makepkg as root is a BAD idea and can cause permanent,
catastrophic damage to your system. If you wish to run as root, please
use the --asroot option.
:: dwb-git cleaned
I get the same errors with -Sya and -Sa flags.

[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 ....

[SOLVED] yaourt upgrade check skips(?) packages

When running "yaourt -Syu --aur", after updating package databases for normal repositories, yaourt checks for AUR package upgrades and shows a counter, for example:
[ypoluektovich@arch ~]$ yaourt -Syu --aur
Password:
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core is up to date
extra is up to date
community is up to date
multilib is up to date
Foreign packages: 34 / 34
But lately, for me, the counter has been stopping just short of completion:
Foreign packages: / 49 / 50
What's going on and how do I fix it?
Last edited by ypoluektovich (2012-01-22 11:07:04)

Right, I've figured it out. Turns out the "missing" packages have been removed/renamed in the AUR database. Here's a one-liner that will print names of all such packages:
for x in `pacman -Qqm`; do [[ $( yaourt -Ss $x | grep "installed" | wc -l ) == 0 ]] && echo "$x"; done

[SOLVED] Yaourt: not found on AUR

When I try to run
yaourt -Syu --aur
I am told that
yaourt: not found on AUR
This is given for all packages I've installed from the AUR.
I am behind a http proxy, but have exported this variable in my shell. And I know that at least some of these packages are updated from when I last did an upgrade.
I can't find an answer on the wiki or searching these forums; am I just being stupid, or can someone help me? Thanks.
Last edited by chrispoole (2009-03-27 12:20:38)

Try changing your http proxy in /etc/wgetrc instead.

[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:
3 aur/prey-git 20100424-1 (5)
Prey is a lightweight application that will help you track and find your laptop if it ever gets stolen.
4 aur/prey-tracker 0.6.0-1 (100)
Remote tracking and monitoring application for laptops, smartphones, and other electronic devices
Either would install Prey on my computer, right? What are the differences and/or benefits of either?
Last edited by Winston-Wolfe (2013-06-06 11:11:27)

https://aur.archlinux.org/
Statistics
Packages 42851
Orphan Packages 9729
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
x33a wrote:As someone mentioned on the forums recently, people should at least abandon the packages so others can take over.
You can always e-mail the maintainer and if you don't get a response in two weeks, ask on the AUR ML to take that package over.
In the meantime you can post a link to the updated PKGBUILD etc. in comments on the AUR page of that package.
As with my posts, quantity != quality ;P

[SOLVED] can't build an AUR package while installing Arch

So I am nearly there installing Arch for the first time. And I will start with saying that I am really sorry if I missed the answer to my problem but I have had a look around the documentation and the general webz for something regarding this problem and haven't found anything.
I am trying to set my wireless connection up but I apparently need the AUR b43-firmware package installed for my Broadcom BCM4322 [14e4:432b] to be functional.
So I follow the documentation to install an AUR package, but I am stuck at the building stage as makepkg does not allow me to build if I am root, and I am root by default while installing/configuring Arch...
What should I do to build and install that package so I have a wireless connection later on?
Cheers
Last edited by chtfn (2015-03-21 14:11:12)

I am connected to the wired network, and I followed the steps to make it persistent for later, but I just wanted to go through the wireless stuff too to be extra sure I will be able to connect to the Internet later on. As it is the first time I install Arch, I am trying to be extra cautious, and having that security would make me feel more comfortable! Plus, I am keen to learn how to do those things from the command line.
Isn't there a way to switch to a normal user just for a command, and automatically reverting back to root when that action is finished? Just like sudo but the other way round

How to inspect AUR package PKBUILD and .install files

Hi,
Linux and arch newbie here. I was reading the wiki article about the AUR and noticed this bit:
Warning: Carefully check all files. cd to the newly created directory and carefully check the PKGBUILD and any .install file for malicious commands. PKGBUILDs are bash scripts containing functions to be executed by makepkg: these functions can contain any valid commands or Bash syntax, so it is totally possible for a PKGBUILD to contain dangerous commands through malice or ignorance on the part of the author. Since makepkg uses fakeroot (and should never be run as root), there is some level of protection but you should never count on it. If in doubt, do not build the package and seek advice on the forums or mailing list.
This is something that have not been doing at all in the past, but I am trying to improve my practices managing my system.
The problem is, I do not know what exactly I am looking at or for in these files. If I give these files a look over before installing the package, can I honestly expect to spot something malicious? What would I need to learn to notice if something was fishy?
Anyway, I am not to worried about this practically, because I only use a handful of AUR packages and I usually install ones based on recommendations, not just at random. But it still seemed interesting for the wiki to stress this so strongly. How important is this guidline anyway?
Thanks!
[EDIT: spelling]
Last edited by supernerd (2014-06-25 10:41:13)

I scan the whole PKGBUILD. I start by ensuring that the source link to the original source looks accurate. For example, take the source line for gmusicbrowser-git:
source=("${pkgname}::git+http://github.com/squentin/gmusicbrowser.git")
I know this is the correct link to the source, and so it passes my check. But suppose it had said:
source=("${pkgname}::git+http://youvebeenhackedhub.com/1337haxorz/gmusicbrowser.git")
I would become suspicious. Of course this is an exaggeration, but common sense goes a long ways here. At least check the first time..
With the source verified, I ensure that the md5sum or sha256sum block has a sum. This way, if a download is compromised at the source, the sha256 or md5sum can catch it before you installed (this assumes that the PKGBUILD is not "bad" and has the sum number of a package that wasnt compromised). Note that with git this isnt necessary (the git process protects against such problems). Anytime a tarball is downloaded and extracted however, the sums should be present in the PKGBUILD. If I go to install an AUR package that has 'SKIP' for the md5sum/sha256sum block, I will double or triple check the source of the tarball (or of the patch files enclosed in the build directory, etc..)
I also look for any "dangerous" commands in the build and install sections. For example, if I see "rm -rf" I had better see something like $pkgdir to start the directory path or be VERY sure the path is "safe". Since makepkg is not run as root this should theoretically not be a problem, but imagine if someone put "rm -rf /home/*" (warning: do not run that command on your system!) in there! This is mostly common sense; in time as you get more comfortable with bash and various linux commands it will make more and more sense and you will be able to spot mistakes.
Also, consider the user posting the pkgbuild. "Trusted Users" are selected as trustworthy members of the community, so obviously you can feel much more comfortable with PKGBUILDS they have made (Xyne comes to mind..). For people you may not know, check what other PKGBUILDs they have available. After awhile, you develop a trust for certain people whos PKGBUILDs or software you have used. For example, I wouldnt hesitate to build/install using a PKGBUILD put up by BurntSushi since I use some of his software, have personally corresponded with him, and find him to be responsible. You might "develop" such rapport with other AUR users I dont even know about.
Consider the vote count of a package as an approximate metric. Dont discount a package because it has 0 votes- it may just be that not many people have use for that particular software. Ive considered hosting a PKGBUILD for "xfce4-terminal-nowindowhints"; consider that tilers generally ignore them anyway, and that my package would only be useful for someone literally using xfce4-terminal with pytyle. How high do you think the vote count would be (even if the PKGBUILD had 0 errors)? On the other hand, you at least have a good chance the PKGBUILD is solid if the package has 354 people voting for it.. That said, the package could have been well-maintained before (when it received a ton of votes), and the quality has dropped since- just be mindful of these trends.
Finally, adding all of these things together will leave the odds of a malicious PKGBUILD affecting your system pretty slim, though its certainly not impossible. I have never (to my knowledge to be fair) encountered a malicious PKGBUILD, though I have found a few that had errors or outdated sources, etc.
Last edited by GSF1200S (2014-06-29 10:13:50)

[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?
There is no need for the ttwm-git package to remain in the aur as they will be identical - it's just a name change. I don't want to needlessly clutter the AUR, so if there are any guidelines or best practices for renaming AUR packages, let me know.
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
Package merging has been implemented, users still have to resubmit a package under a new name and may request merging of the old version's comments and votes on the mailing list.

[SOLVED] How to submit AUR package updates?

Since yesterday I started maintaining a package. Unfortunately I don't see how I can update it. Please help.
Last edited by bstaletic (2014-06-20 17:07:17)

Oh. I thought it would make a duplicate, thanks.

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Ive been recently making some live systems with larch and found it quite useful
Im having problems with including software from aur (such as yaourt) in my livedvd. Is there a way to do this?
Last edited by mafik (2009-02-18 21:24:54)

Perhaps use yaourt to build each package from the aur that you want, then copy all those packages to a directory, and use the gen_repo command from the larch (larch/run/gen_repo) package to make that directory a custom repository. That's how I had to add the recompiled aufs package to my larch setup.
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