Yaourt: pacman frontend

Homepage: http://archlinux.fr/yaourt-en/
yaourt is a pacman frontend whith a lot of features like:
- AUR support (search, easy install, vote etc..)
- interactiv search + install (with AUR Unsupported results integrated)
- building packages directly from ABS cvs sources
- search output colorised (skinable) + always show the repository where a package came from
- handling config files .pacnew/.pacsave
- managing alpm database backup (save, restore, query database directly on backup file)
- alert user when new orphans are detected and check the database integrity with testdb after each operation
- downloading PKGBUILD directly from ABS cvs or AUR Unsupported
- statistics on installed packages
Yaourt can be run as a non-privileged user (safest for AUR unsupported packages).
Root password will be required only when it is necessary.
USAGE: yaourt [OPTION...] <parameter>
example:
$ yaourt [regexp] : search for matching strings (with *) and allows to install it
$ yaourt -S [packagename]: download package from repository, and fallback on AUR
$ yaourt -S [list file] : download all packages stored in the first column of the given file
$ yaourt -Ss [regexp] : search remote repositories and AUR for matching strings
$ yaourt -Syu --aur : upgrade system + packages from aur
$ yaourt -Sybu --aur : upgrade by building PKGBUILD + packages from aur
$ yaourt -Syu --devel : upgrade all cvs/svn/mercurial packages (from aur)
OPTIONS:
yaourt's options are the same as pacman, so check the pacman man page for more info
yaourt adds/enhances options marked with '*'
General:
(-h, --help) give this help list
(-V, --version) give program version
--noconfirm do not ask for any confirmation
--tmp /where/you/want use given directory for temporary files
--lightbg change colors for terminal with light background
--nocolor don't use any color
--textonly good for scripting yaourt's output
--stats display various statistics of installed pacakges
Install:
(-S, --sync) <package> * download package from repository, and fallback on aur
(-S, --sync) <file> * download all packages listed on the first column of the file
(-S, --sync) -b * builds the targets from source
(-S, --sync) -c, --clean remove old packages from cache directory (use -cc for all)
(-S, --sync) -d, --nodeps skip dependency checks
(-S, --sync) -f, --force force install, overwrite conflicting files
(-S, --sync) -g, --groups view all members of a package group
(-S, --sync) -i, --info * view package (or PKGBUILD from AUR) information
(-S, --sync) -l, --list * list all packages belonging to the specified repository
(-S, --sync) -p, --print-uris print out download URIs for each package to be installed
(-S, --sync) --export <destdir> * export packages for local repository
(-S, --sync) --ignore <pkg> skip some package
(-U, --upgrade) <file.pkg.tar.gz> upgrade a package from <file.pkg.tar.gz>
(<no option>) <file.pkg.tar.gz> * upgrade a package from <file.pkg.tar.gz>
(-G, --getpkgbuild) <pkg> * Retrieve PKGBUILD and local sources for package name
--asdeps Install packages non-explicitly to be installed as a dependency
Upgrade:
-Su, --sysupgrade upgrade all packages that are out of date
-Su --aur * upgrade all aur packages
-Su --devel * upgrade all cvs/svn/mercurial/git/bazar packages
-Sud, --nodeps skip dependency checks
-Suf, --force force install, overwrite conflicting files
-Su --ignore <pkg> skip some package
-Sy, --refresh download fresh package databases from the server
Note: yaourt always shows new orphans after package update
Downgrade:
-Su --downgrade * reinstall all packages which are marked as "newer than extra or core" in -Su output
(this is specially for users who experience problems with [testing] and want to revert back to current)
Local search:
(-Q, --query) -e, * list all packages explicitly installed
(-Q, --query) -d, * list all packages installed as a dependency for another package
(-Q, --query) -t * list all packages unrequired by any other package
-Qdt * list missed packages installed as dependecies but not required
-Qet * list top level packages explicitly installed
(-Q, --query) -g, --groups view all members of a package group
(-Q, --query) -i, --info view package information (use -ii for more)
(-Q, --query) -l, --list list the contents of the queried package
(-Q, --query) -o <string> * search for package that owns <file> or <command>
(-Q, --query) -p, --file will query the package file [package] instead of db
(-Q, --query) -s, --search * search locally-installed packages for matching strings
(-Q) --backupfile <file> * query a database previously saved in a tar.bz2 file (with yaourt --backup)
Example: you want to reinstall archlinux with the same packages as your backup pacman-2008-02-22_10h12.tar.bz2
just run yaourt -Qet --backupfile pacman-2008-02-22_10h12.tar.bz2 > TopLevelPackages.txt
To reinstall later, just run yaourt -S TopLevelPackages.txt
Remote search:
(-S, --sync) -s [string] * search remote repositories and AUR for matching strings
<no option> [string] * search for matching strings + allows to install (interactiv)
-Sq --depends <pkg> * list all packages which depends on <pkg>
-Sq --conflicts <pkg> * list all packages which conflicts with <pkg>
-Sq --provides <pkg> * list all packages which provides <pkg>
Clean:
(-C, --clean) * manage, show diff .pacsave/.pacnew files
(-C, --clean) -c * delete all .pacsave/.pacnew files
(-C, --clean) -d, --database * clean database (show obsolete repositories)
(-S, --sync) -c remove old packages from cache
(-S, --sync) -c -c remove all packages from cache
(-R, --remove) <package> remove packages
(-R, --remove) -c, --cascade remove packages and all packages that depend on them
(-R, --remove) -d, --nodeps skip dependency checks
(-R, --remove) -k, --dbonly only remove database entry, do not remove files
(-R, --remove) -n, --nosave remove configuration files as well
(-R, --remove) -s, --recursive remove dependencies also (that won't break packages)
Note: yaourt always shows new orphans after package removal
Backup:
(-B, --backup) [directory] * backup pacman database in given directory
(-B, --backup) <file.tar.bz2> * restore a previous backup of the pacman database
Runing yaourt as a non-privileged user requiers some entries in sudoers file:
- pacman (remove package + refresh database + install AUR's package)
- pacdiffviewer (manage pacsave/pacnew files)
Download yaourt:
AUR: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?d … =1&ID=5863
or
[archlinuxfr]
Server = http://repo.archlinux.fr/i686
[archlinuxfr]
Server = http://repo.archlinux.fr/x86_64
Last edited by wain (2008-03-18 21:09:39)

cromo wrote:
Indeed, I was always running it with sudo, I thought it's the way it's meant to be. I just realized I can run yaourt without sudo and yaourt will ask for password when there's a need. Nice!
BTW. I found another bug. When I run yaourt -Syu I get:
cromo@kromka:~$ yaourt -Syu
Yaourt 0.4.8: Archlinux package manager
:: Synchronizing package databases...
testing [################] 100% 0K 0.1K/s 00:00:04
:: current is up to date
:: extra is up to date
:: unstable is up to date
:: community is up to date
:: bluez-libs: local (3.7-3) appears to be newer than repo (current/3.7-1)
:: bluez-utils: local (3.7-4) appears to be newer than repo (current/3.7-2)
:: kmobiletools: local (0.5_beta1-1) appears to be newer than repo (extra/0.4.3.3-1)
:: Above packages will be skipped. To manually upgrade use 'pacman -S <pkg>'
error: no targets specified
usage: pacman {-S --sync} [options] [package]
options:
-c, --clean remove old packages from cache directory (use -cc for all)
-d, --nodeps skip dependency checks
// cut //
-r, --root <path> set an alternate installation root
-b, --dbpath <path> set an alternate database location
Thing is about what happens after the "To manually upgrade use 'pacman -S <pkg>'"part.
This is a bug in srcpac:
http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/5696

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[SOLVED] yaourt. packages taken from aur that are from core or extra

Hi! i have a couple of days ago strange yaourt-pacman behaviour, i mean, when i do -Syu --aur, i get strange
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amidi-plug: (local=0.7-3 aur=0.5-1)
amule-cvs: up to date
any2dvd: (local=0.34-3 aur=0.30-2)
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archmage: up to date
aria: (local=1.0.0-4 aur=1.0.0_1.fc8-1)
astromenace: up to date
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aurvote: up to date
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bfcommander: up to date
bin2iso: up to date
bitefusion: up to date
bkhive2: up to date
briquolo: up to date
tuxcmd: not found on AUR
tuxcube: up to date
uif2iso: up to date
unace: (local=2.5-5 aur=2.5-4)
units: (local=1.87-1 aur=1.85-1)
unshield: not found on AUR
uqm: (local=0.6.2-2 aur=0.5.0-1)
my /etc/pacman.d/core for example:
# 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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so can you try this:
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These errors seem familiar, but I have no idea how it disappeared.

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Sometimes (at least in the past) the .fr repo had stuff available as package that would require me doing a lenghty build from AUR otherwise. This was the case with bin32-wine for some time. Yeah but you're right I could disable the .fr repo for now.
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Howdy.
I've been thinking about this one for quite some time - how to have Pacman work with a database (e.g. sqlite), whilst allowing the current functionality (namely, ease of interfacing with Pacman info via external scripts).
I know the idea of using a DB with Pacman has been debated before, but I never saw any good answers to the age old external script issue. I'm going to briefly explain two approaches one could take, and criticise them (before others do!)
Description
The way I see it, there are two ways this can be approached.
· Store all package information in a sqlite (or comparable) database, and have Pacman interface with this directly. Create a FUSE-based pseudo filesystem to generate this information in the same hierchical filesystem format as Pacman deals with now.
· Duplicate all data. One lot goes in the database, to be used by Pacman. The other lot in the hierarchical filesystem (standard filesystem, not a FUSE pseudo FS).
Criticism
The first problem with the first approach is dependencies. It would require a database, and it would require FUSE. FUSE is now in the 2.6.14 kernel, but libfuse is still required.
The second problem (this covers both approaches) is complexity. Both add a fair bit of complexy. Especially in the first case, as a FS would need to be written (albeit a relatively simple one).
With the second approach, you might think it sounds brittle and susceptible to synchronisation issues (by which I mean the two data sets becoming out of synch). This could be rectified by having some sort of daemon using Inotify to keep an eye on one dataset, and update the other accordingly. Again, more complexity.
I think the first approach would be pretty neat to go with, but again, probably too much complexity for too little gain. Any comments?

test1000 wrote:well, if it needed fuse I couldn't have chroot'ed my arch linux installation with my INSERT rescue-cd and downloaded packages which fixed my install after i unintentionally b0rked the install It's not KISS, and therefore i don't like it..
In the worst case, yes. However, having a FUSE interface to the db doesn't preclude the use of some other, more primitive interface. I mean, just because there's a FUSE interface (which was mainly aimed at custom scripts), doesn't mean the Pacman frontend would have to use it to install new (or replace "b0rked") packages. In fact, it would likely be preferable not to...
But, as you, and I have said, the complexity has certainly been increased beyond "KISS".
iphitus wrote:Leaving sqlite.. oh lord this has been argued to death. Why oh why do we not just leave the current system and leave it up to judd. He isnt going to change it any sooner because we start another thread about it, he'll change it when he can and want to.
Yes, I'm aware there's been great debate (see first post), but I never saw any decent solutions. I've always felt the issue was never really concluded (http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/1151), so this was an attempt to spur some action (which I would be happy to be a part of), or bury it.

Solved Can't watch You-Tube Videos

I've checked the Wiki and the search function, and can't find anything relating to setting up my box to view You-Tube (and others) videos. I tried installing flash, and it caused a browser crash, so that was no help. If someone can steer me to the right place, I'd appreciate it.
Last edited by jackrat (2008-11-26 04:20:56)

Statix wrote:
Gnash is actually currently in the repos (as gnash-common, and with gnash-gtk for gtk support).
The browser plugin doesn't currently work for youtube though. (At least not for me)
By the way as a little tip - avoid installing anything on arch by methods other than pacman. Pacman just makes it so much easier for version control, tracking, and removal. For anything that is not in the repos it is sure to be in the AUR, and if not you can even make your own PKGBUILD for it to make it into a packman package.
Check out this pacman frontend that gives you aur support if you don't already have it:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Yaourt
Thanks Statix; I didn't know it was in the repos, I'm still working on reading the Wiki, etc. (I'm old, slow and half deaf, but I'm steady .
The browser plugin for Gnash?
I tried using AUR, and wasn't successful ..... I'll take a look at it
Well, I looked -- I don't know if I'll be able to install Yaourt, since you have to use AUR to install it, and as I said before, I wasn't successful getting AUR to work for me, I've tried it several times and flubbed it every time. I'll try it again, and if I'm not successful this time, I'll start a new thread on that. Thanks for the link!

My post installation script

#I hope its the right forum to post that in, if not im very sorry!
This here is a script i wrote to automate all the stuff i do after installing arch, i have several computers and it has options for a additional one
Some important points:
1) this script is very specific, its made for my computer and my needs, this means that its useful right now only to people who know bash
and will find use in altering it to their own needs, also if someone wants he can make it more general for a wider use
2) this is one of the first scripts i wrote, it may be that it doesn't implent some of its features in the best way possible
3) use it at your own risk, if it breaks your system don't blame me please, you should check it before you use it, anyway its meant to be used
on a FRESH arch install, not on a working system.
What the correct script actually does:
The script as stated in the comments does the next things:
1) First of all it consists of several files, one the "install" file is the actual script, the others are just meant to run the script and split its output to
show both on the terminal and in a file named: /var/log/MySysInstall.log, here is an example of main.install:
#!/bin/bash
./install Main | tee /var/log/MySysInstall.log
in the current script Main in the last row can be replaces with Laptop, Game for computer specific arguments or without argumets for a general install
the two files should be in the same folder, i think it could have been implented with one file but im new to scripting..
2) The script will ask some general questions to make sure everything is currect, some of the questions and checks in the script are not relevant at all
to anybody other than myself, they usually make sure that i have a samba shared partition running (it could lose connection on wireless).
3) Adds the archlinux.fr repo, it will be used for yaourt.
4) The script installs lots of stuff, at first general stuff used by all computers in my house, then stuff based on the argument given in 1)
please inspect the packages and change according to your needs
5) The script nano's to /etc/yaourtrc
6) Adds users to the system, change to your users.
7) It creates my /home/samba share dir if its not created (probably irrelevant to you)
8) Configures sudo in a nasty way that maybe can damage the sudoers file, delete this line if you dodnt know sudo well enough.
9) Edits samba if needed, this is the first line in the script that relies on additional files i have on my comp or the samba share (main and game are the same
comp (dual boot of arch32 and 64) and they are the hosts of /home/samba all the other computers will mount it from them, this is why a samba check is not
present here.).
10) Adds some commented lines to fstab and nano's it for easier configurations, this is the regular workflow in the script BTW (adding comments to the file
before editing it)
11) Helps edit the gpm daemon
12) Helps to configure alsa
13) Helps to configure xorg
14) Does some post install copies of files AND creates a file in my main users home with further instructions, mostly for stuff that needs to be done with xorg runnig
or stuff i was to lasy to add to the script
15) chowns and sets my regular permissions for user folders
16) ends the script
The script itself, ENJOY:
#!/bin/bash
# Copyright 2008 Leon Vayman
# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
# any later version.
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
# A copy of the GNU General Public License is found in
# <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
#Check that the user updated the kernel and restarted before proceeding
while [ 1 ] ; do
echo ; clear
echo -n "Have you already used pacman -Syu and Restarted? (y/n) "
read Keypress
case "$Keypress" in
[Yy])
break
[Nn])
echo "Then do it now.."
exit
esac
done
#Check if samba is accesible and warn the user if its not (offering to quit)
if [ ! -e /home/samba/Config/ ] ; then
while [ 1 ] ; do
echo ; clear
echo -n "Samba is not accesible, do you want to proceed? (y/n) "
read Keypress
case "$Keypress" in
[Yy])
break
[Nn])
exit
esac
done
fi
#Make sure the app wasnt ran accidently with wrong arguments
while [ 1 ] ; do
echo ; clear
echo -n "The comp you are on is $1 is that correct? (y/n) "
read Keypress
case "$Keypress" in
[Yy])
break
[Nn])
exit
esac
done
#Edit /etc/pacman.conf
echo ; clear
echo >> /etc/pacman.conf
echo "[archlinuxfr]" >> /etc/pacman.conf
if [ "$1" = "Game" ] ; then
echo "Server = http://repo.archlinux.fr/x86_64" >> /etc/pacman.conf
else
echo "Server = http://repo.archlinux.fr/i686" >> /etc/pacman.conf
fi
echo -n "Make sure the right archlinux.fr repo was added "
read n1
nano /etc/pacman.conf
echo ; clear
#Install all packages
echo "Installing packages"
pacman -Syu
pacman -S yaourt
pacman -S xorg
pacman -S gstreamer0.10-plugins
yaourt -S abiword alsa-lib alsa-utils alsa-oss bash-completion cabextract centerim conky exaile hal epdfview feh freetype2 gamin gconf-editor geany gksu gmrun gnome-icon-theme gpicview \
gtk-engines zip irssi jre links-g libdvdcss tcl lxappearance lxpanel lxde-common lxrandr lxtask mesa moc mousepad mplayer-plugin numlockx openbox obconf obmenu openbox-themes \
p7zip pcmanfm pidgin pm-utils powertop screen terminal ttf-bitstream-vera ttf-dejavu ttf-freefont ttf-ms-fonts unace unrar unzip xarchiver xchat xmahjongg
yaourt -S stjerm
case "$1" in
"Laptop")
yaourt -S vlc keytouch keytouch-editor xf86-video-i810 synaptics cpufrequtils flashplugin
yaourt -S swiftweasel-pentium-3
yaourt -S wpa_supplicant-beta
yaourt -S xcompmgr-git
"Main")
yaourt -S flashplugin cpufrequtils epiphany catalyst deluge amule xmoto abs samba
yaourt -S icecat
yaourt -S xcompmgr-git
yaourt -S ekiga3
yaourt -S ov51x-jpeg
yaourt -S vlc-branch
yaourt -S brasero-no-gnome
"Game")
yaourt -S epiphany catalyst deluge amule xmoto abs samba ##!! add gnash or swfdec
yaourt -S icecat
yaourt -S ekiga3
yaourt -S ov51x-jpeg
yaourt -S vlc-branch
yaourt -S brasero-no-gnome
echo -n "No extra packages installed "
esac
echo -n "Press Enter to continue "
read n1
echo ; clear
#Configure yaourt.rc
echo -n "Replace the editor in yaourtrc "
read n1
nano /etc/yaourtrc
echo ; clear
#Add users
echo "Adding User vleon"
useradd -d /home/vleon -g users -G disk,wheel,games,video,audio,optical,storage,power,dbus,hal,avahi,log -m vleon
echo "Set vleon's password"
passwd vleon
echo ; clear
echo "Adding User masha"
useradd -d /home/masha -g users -G disk,wheel,games,video,audio,optical,storage,power,dbus,hal,avahi,log -m masha
echo "Set masha's password"
passwd masha
echo ; clear
#If for some reason samba dir doesnt exist, create it
if [ ! -e /home/samba ] ; then
mkdir /home/samba
chown vleon:users /home/samba
chmod 770 /home/samba
fi
#Configure visudo
echo -n "uncomment wheel in visudo and make sure the added lines are correct "
read n1
echo "#%power ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/pm-hibernate" >> /etc/sudoers
echo "#%power ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /sbin/shutdown" >> /etc/sudoers
visudo
echo ; clear
#Edit samba if needed
if ( [ "$1" = "Main" ] || [ "$1" = "Game" ] ) ; then
echo -n "Edit swat "
read n1
cp /home/samba/Config/etc/xinetd.d/swat /etc/xinetd.d/swat
nano /etc/xinetd.d/swat
echo ; clear
echo -n "Edit Hosts "
read n1
cp /home/samba/Config/etc/hosts.allow /etc/hosts.allow
nano /etc/hosts.allow
echo ; clear
echo -n "Edit smb.conf "
read n1
cp /home/samba/Config/etc/samba/smb.conf /etc/samba/smb.conf
nano /etc/samba/smb.conf
echo ; clear
echo "Set vleon's samba password"
smbpasswd -a vleon
echo ; clear
echo -n "Add samba and xinetd daemon to rc.conf "
read n1
nano /etc/rc.conf
echo ; clear
fi
#Edit fstab
echo -n "Edit fstab "
read n1
echo >> /etc/fstab
if [ "$1" != "Laptop" ] ; then
echo "#UUID=92D8DA69D8DA4ADD /mnt/windows ntfs-3g defaults,noatime 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
if ( [ "$1" != "Main" ] && [ "$1" != "Game" ] ) ; then
echo "#UUID=0E15-1D06 /mnt/windows vfat defaults,noatime,umask=0000 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
echo "#//192.168.1.100/samba /home/samba cifs defaults,noatime,noauto,user=vleon%pass 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
echo "##change the above password!!" >> /etc/fstab
fi
nano /etc/fstab
echo ; clear
else
echo "#UUID=0E15-1D06 /mnt/windows vfat defaults,noatime,umask=0000 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
echo "#//192.168.1.100/samba /home/samba cifs defaults,noatime,noauto,user=vleon%pass 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
echo "##change the above password!!" >> /etc/fstab
nano /etc/fstab
echo ; clear
fi
#Edit gpm
echo -n "Edit gpm "
read n1
echo "#GPM_ARGS=\"-m /dev/input/mice -t imps2\"" >> /etc/conf.d/gpm
nano /etc/conf.d/gpm
echo ; clear
echo -n "Add gpm daemon to rc.conf "
read n1
nano /etc/rc.conf
echo ; clear
#Configure alsa
Alsa Config
test=1
echo -n "Edit alsamixer "
read n1
while [ "$test" = 1 ] ; do
alsamixer -V all
echo "Testing Sound"
aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Noise.wav
while [ 1 ] ; do
echo ; clear
echo -n "Did You Hear Any Sound? (y/n) "
read Keypress
case "$Keypress" in
[Yy])
test=0
break
[Nn])
break
esac
done
done
alsactl store
echo -n "Add alsa to daemons "
read n1
nano /etc/rc.conf
echo ; clear
#Configure Xorg
if [ -e /home/samba/Config/etc/X11/ ] ; then
echo -n "Edit xorg.conf "
read n1
if ( [ "$1" = "Laptop" ] ) ; then
cp /home/samba/Config/etc/X11/laptop.xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf
else
cp /home/samba/Config/etc/X11/main.xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf
fi
nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf
echo ; clear
echo -n "add \"ru\" to xorg.conf.mom "
read n1
cp etc/X11/xorg.conf etc/X11/xorg.conf.mom
nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf.mom
echo ; clear
else
echo -n "No samba connection found, manually editing xorg.conf "
read n1
X -configure
mv /root/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf
echo >> /etc/X11/xorg.conf
echo "# Option \"XkbLayout\" \"us,il\"" >> /etc/X11/xorg.conf
echo "# Option \"XkbOptions\" \"grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll\"" >> /etc/X11/xorg.conf
echo "# DefaultDepth 24" >> /etc/X11/xorg.conf
echo "# Modes \"1680x1050\" \"1280x1024\" \"1024x768\" \"800x600\"" >> /etc/X11/xorg.conf
if [ "$1" = "Laptop" ] ; then
echo >> /etc/X11/xorg.conf
echo "#Section \"InputDevice\"" >> /etc/X11/xorg.conf
echo "# Identifier \"Touchpad\"" >> /etc/X11/xorg.conf
echo "# Driver \"synaptics\"" >> /etc/X11/xorg.conf
echo "# Option \"Device\" \"/dev/input/mouse0\"" >> /etc/X11/xorg.conf
echo "# Option \"Protocol\" \"auto-dev\"" >> /etc/X11/xorg.conf
echo "# Option \"LeftEdge\" \"1700\"" >> /etc/X11/xorg.conf
echo "# Option \"RightEdge\" \"5300\"" >> /etc/X11/xorg.conf
echo "# Option \"TopEdge\" \"1700\"" >> /etc/X11/xorg.conf
echo "# Option \"BottomEdge\" \"4200\"" >> /etc/X11/xorg.conf
echo "# Option \"FingerLow\" \"25\"" >> /etc/X11/xorg.conf
echo "# Option \"FingerHigh\" \"30\"" >> /etc/X11/xorg.conf
echo "# Option \"FingerPress\" \"100\"" >> /etc/X11/xorg.conf
echo "# Option \"MaxTapTime\" \"180\"" >> /etc/X11/xorg.conf
echo "# Option \"MaxTapMove\" \"220\"" >> /etc/X11/xorg.conf
echo "# Option \"VertScrollDelta\" \"100\"" >> /etc/X11/xorg.conf
echo "# Option \"MinSpeed\" \"0.06\"" >> /etc/X11/xorg.conf
echo "# Option \"MaxSpeed\" \"0.12\"" >> /etc/X11/xorg.conf
echo "# Option \"AccelFactor\" \"0.0010\"" >> /etc/X11/xorg.conf
echo "# Option \"SHMConfig\" \"on\"" >> /etc/X11/xorg.conf
echo "#EndSection" >> /etc/X11/xorg.conf
fi
echo -n "Edit xorg.conf "
read n1
nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf
echo ; clear
echo -n "add \"ru\" to xorg.conf.mom "
read n1
cp etc/X11/xorg.conf etc/X11/xorg.conf.mom
nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf.mom
echo ; clear
fi
#Start the post install document and copy files to homes if able and need to
echo "Post Installation Instructions" > /home/vleon/PostInstall.txt
echo "------------------------------" >> /home/vleon/PostInstall.txt
echo >> /home/vleon/PostInstall.txt
echo "Usage: Follow the instructions and delete the lines that are not relevant anymore. you can delete" >> /home/vleon/PostInstall.txt
echo " this file after you finished." >> /home/vleon/PostInstall.txt
echo >> /home/vleon/PostInstall.txt
echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" >> /home/vleon/PostInstall.txt
if [ ! -e /home/vleon/.config] ; then
if [ -e /home/samba/Config/ ] ; then
cp /home/samba/Config/.bash_profile /home/vleon/ ; cp /home/samba/Config/.bash_profile /home/masha/
cp /home/samba/Config/.bashrc /home/vleon/ ; cp /home/samba/Config/.bashrc /home/masha/
cp /home/samba/Config/.xinitrc /home/vleon/ ; cp /home/samba/Config/.xinitrc /home/masha/
cp /home/samba/Config/.xserverrc /home/masha/
mkdir -p /home/vleon/.config/openbox ; mkdir -p /home/masha/.config/openbox
cp /home/samba/Config/.config/openbox/rc.xml /home/vleon/.config/openbox/ ; cp /home/samba/Config/.config/openbox/rc.xml /home/masha/.config/openbox/
if [ "$1" = "Laptop" ] ; then
cp /home/samba/Config/.conkyrc.laptop /home/vleon/.conkyrc ; cp /home/samba/Config/.conkyrc.laptop /home/masha/.conkyrc
cp /home/samba/Config/.Xdefaults.laptop /home/vleon/.Xdefaults ; cp /home/samba/Config/.Xdefaults.laptop /home/masha/.Xdefaults
cp /home/samba/Config/.config/openbox/menu.xml.laptop /home/vleon/.config/openbox/menu.xml
cp /home/samba/Config/.config/openbox/menu.xml.laptop /home/masha/.config/openbox/menu.xml
cp /home/samba/Config/.config/openbox/autostart.sh.laptop /home/vleon/.config/openbox/autostart.sh
cp /home/samba/Config/.config/openbox/autostart.sh.laptop /home/masha/.config/openbox/autostart.sh
else
if ( [ "$1" != "Main" ] && [ "$1" != "Game" ] )
cp /home/samba/Config/.conkyrc.laptop /home/vleon/.conkyrc ; cp /home/samba/Config/.conkyrc.laptop /home/masha/.conkyrc
else
cp /home/samba/Config/.conkyrc.main /home/vleon/.conkyrc ; cp /home/samba/Config/.conkyrc.main /home/masha/.conkyrc
fi
cp /home/samba/Config/.Xdefaults.main /home/vleon/.Xdefaults ; cp /home/samba/Config/.Xdefaults.main /home/masha/.Xdefaults
cp /home/samba/Config/.config/openbox/menu.xml.main /home/vleon/.config/openbox/menu.xml
cp /home/samba/Config/.config/openbox/menu.xml.main /home/masha/.config/openbox/menu.xml
cp /home/samba/Config/.config/openbox/autostart.sh.main /home/vleon/.config/openbox/autostart.sh
cp /home/samba/Config/.config/openbox/autostart.sh.main /home/masha/.config/openbox/autostart.sh
fi
else
echo >> /home/vleon/PostInstall.txt
echo "!!Samba is not availble, you will have to create the following files yourself!!" >> /home/vleon/PostInstall.txt
fi
echo >> /home/vleon/PostInstall.txt
echo "The folowing files where probably created in your home folders:" >> /home/vleon/PostInstall.txt
echo ".bash_profile" >> /home/vleon/PostInstall.txt
echo ".bashrc" >> /home/vleon/PostInstall.txt
echo ".conkyrc" >> /home/vleon/PostInstall.txt
echo ".Xdefaults" >> /home/vleon/PostInstall.txt
echo ".xinitrc" >> /home/vleon/PostInstall.txt
echo ".xserverrc #<< only to /home/masha" >> /home/vleon/PostInstall.txt
echo ".config/openbox/autostart.sh" >> /home/vleon/PostInstall.txt
echo ".config/openbox/menu.xml" >> /home/vleon/PostInstall.txt
echo ".config/openbox/rc.xml" >> /home/vleon/PostInstall.txt
echo "!!Make sure the above files created and are configured properly!!" >> /home/vleon/PostInstall.txt
echo >> /home/vleon/PostInstall.txt
echo "Configuration Guidelines:" >> /home/vleon/PostInstall.txt
echo "1) make sure width and hight are correct .Xdefaults" >> /home/vleon/PostInstall.txt
echo "2) make sure to comment the \"xcompmgr\" line in autostart.sh, to fit the Computer and User" >> /home/vleon/PostInstall.txt
echo "3) use obmenu and obconf later to tune up stuff" >> /home/vleon/PostInstall.txt
echo >> /home/vleon/PostInstall.txt
echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" >> /home/vleon/PostInstall.txt
echo >> /home/vleon/PostInstall.txt
echo "rc.conf Guidelines:" >> /home/vleon/PostInstall.txt
echo "1) possible modules are: powernow-k8 or acpi-cpufreq, cpufreq_ondemand, ov51x-jpeg, fglrx" >> /home/vleon/PostInstall.txt
echo "2) possible daemons are: hal, cpufreq, acpid [laptop], netfs, keytouch" >> /home/vleon/PostInstall.txt
echo >> /home/vleon/PostInstall.txt
echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" >> /home/vleon/PostInstall.txt
echo >> /home/vleon/PostInstall.txt
echo "General Guidelines:" >> /home/vleon/PostInstall.txt
echo "1) copy or compare the files from /home/samba/Config/etc to /etc" >> /home/vleon/PostInstall.txt
echo "2) on the laptop, dont forget to add the additional scripts needed from the /home/samba/Config/, dont forget to backup replaced files" >> /home/vleon/PostInstall.txt
echo "3) add resume=/dev/sda3 to /boot/grub/menu.lst if its not there already" >> /home/vleon/PostInstall.txt
echo "4) dont Forget to configure gksu after launching X" >> /home/vleon/PostInstall.txt
echo "5) lauch and configure all the apps in the menu and the cmdline apps links -g, mocp, irssi, centerim" >> /home/vleon/PostInstall.txt
echo "6) test logout, reboot, shutdown and hibernate" >> /home/vleon/PostInstall.txt
echo "7) configure keytouch on the laptop" >> /home/vleon/PostInstall.txt
echo "8) if it doesnt exist mkdir ~/.Theme for both users and add a jpg picture named theme.jpg to be the wallpaper" >> /home/vleon/PostInstall.txt
echo "9) read /var/log/MySysInstall.log and make sure all was succesfull especialy AUR install's like icecat or iceweasel" >> /home/vleon/PostInstall.txt
echo "10) run lxappearance, configure lxpanel, configure terminal" >> /home/vleon/PostInstall.txt
echo "11) run powertop after you restart again with all the modules and daemons and other stuff configured" >> /home/vleon/PostInstall.txt
#Return ownership to the approtiate users
chown -R vleon:users /home/vleon ; chown -R masha:users /home/masha
chmod /home/vleon 750 ; chmod /home/masha 750
chmod /home/vleon/.config 750 ; chmod /home/masha/config 750
chmod /home/vleon/.config/openbox 750 ; chmod /home/vleon/.config/openbox 750
#End
echo "Install Finished, please additional instructions where created in /home/vleon/PostInstall.txt"
read n1
exit

luckystar09 - I'd say you're on your own there. This thread is nearly a year old, and Black Mage hasn't posted here since. Read the script, and modify it yourself as required.
Forum rule - do not post in threads that have been inactive for six months of more. See here for full details.
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AUR Helper Scripts

This thread is intended to provide a "locator" resource for all the AUR helper scripts out there - for searching and/or building from the AUR. This does include some of the GUI pacman frontends, and it is ok to repost those here.
I would appretiate it if the author of each front end posted a small (2-3 line) description of their creation, along with a homepage link and an AUR link (where applicable). Screenshots would also be nice (if applicable).
This thread is only intended for this purpose and will be cleaned of other posts. If this thread ends up locked and you have a front end to add, feel free to PM any of the moderator staff and we will unlock it for you.

aur-get
aur-get is simple AUR manager written in python. It will help you with searching, downloading, installing and updating packages from AUR.
aur-get is no more maintained. It's ugly and buggy code. Don't use it.
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Last edited by Husio (2008-04-01 15:09:08)

[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 ....

Anacron: bash script not working

hi together,
i don't know why my script isn't started by anacron - so i hope someone can help me.
bash script "update" (shortened):
#!/bin/bash
function update_notifier
yaourt -Sy > /dev/null 2>&1 && sudo -u "user" notify-send -u critical "notebook" "updates: $(yaourt -Qua | wc -l)"
case $1 in
"notifier") update_notifier;;
esac
/etc/anacrontab:
SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin/site_perl:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/bin/core_perl:
MAILTO=""
RANDOM_DELAY=30
START_HOURS_RANGE=5-22
@daily 15 cron.daily nice run-parts /etc/cron.daily
@weekly 15 cron.weekly nice run-parts /etc/cron.weekly
@monthly 15 cron.monthly nice run-parts /etc/cron.monthly
@daily 15 update.notifier /full/path/to/script/update notifier > /dev/null 2>&1
If i start my script with
update notifier
everything is working.
If i force anacron to run with
sudo anacron -f -n
everything is working.
journalctl:
anacron[2093]: Job `update.notifier' started
anacron[2093]: Job `update.notifier' terminated
PATH in anacrontab and bash are identically.
sudo -u "user" notify-send ...
gives notify-send permission to display.
So what am I missing? Thanks for any hint!

i've read it and understand that yaourt -Sy <package> is indeed a bad idea, but i just want to sync my database and then check for packages to upgrade. Could you give a good example with yaourt/pacman please?
so my function update_notifier should better be
sudo -u "user" notify-send -u critical "notebook" "updates: $(checkupdates | wc -l)"
right?
what is the better solution in /etc/anacrontab
@daily 15 update.notifier DISPLAY=:0 /full/path/update notifier
or something like this
@daily 15 update.notifier source /path/to/.bash_profile /full/path/update notifier
or this
@daily 15 update.notifier /bin/bash /full/path/update notifier
Last edited by s0l!d (2015-03-16 21:57:06)

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