Hello, first of all, is should be something like "cp zerochan $pkgdir/usr/local/bin/zerochan". Otherwise the build will fail. Second, I think install is better than cp in this occasion, since you can set the permission bits while copying. For example install -m755 zerochan $pkgdir/usr/local/bin/zerochan Also, all the copying should probably go in the package() function and not in build(). If you want, take a look at this[1] very simple PKGBUILD of mine. Just a few friendly pointers, Chris Sakalis [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/gi/gimp-plugin-wavelet-sharpen/PKGBUILD On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 7:16 PM, Jorge Barroso wrote:

Thanks Jesse :) I've already installed it on my PC and it works, so I've started making the PKGBUILD with your help and the steps I did. I've wrote all the information, and by now that's what I have:

# Maintainer: Jorge

pkgname=linux-manga-downloader pkgver=0.2.0.1-5 pkgrel=1 pkgdesc="A manga downloader for linux, it allows fownloads from many English and Spanish websites" arch=('any') url="http://code.google.com/p/linux-manga-downloader/" license=('GPL3') depends=('libnotify' 'gtkdialog' 'wget' 'lynx' 'zenity') install= source=($pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz)

              --Well, about the build, I'm not sure (0% sure) but I think it could be something like that:

cd "$srcdir/$pkgname_$pkgver/usr/local/bin" chmod +x 4chan chmod +x animea chmod +x danboru chmod +x futahentai chmod +x ge-2 chmod +x lmd chmod +x lmd-fu chmod +x mangafox chmod +x mangareader chmod +x mangashare chmod +x mcanime chmod +x pown chmod +x submanga chmod +x zerochan

cp 4chan /usr/local/bin/4chan cp animea /usr/local/bin/animea cp danboru /usr/local/bin/danboru cp futahentai /usr/local/bin/futahentai cp ge-2  /usr/local/bin/ge-2 cp lmd /usr/local/bin/lmd cp lmd-fu /usr/local/bin/lmd-fu cp mangafox /usr/local/bin/mangafox cp mangareader /usr/local/bin/mangareader cp mangashare /usr/local/bin/mangashare cp mcanime /usr/local/bin/mcanime cp pown /usr/local/bin/pown cp submanga /usr/local/bin/submanga cp zerochan /usr/local/bin/zerochan

and well... the same with the /usr/share directories. I've although thought writing that on an install script, but then I don't know what to write on "build"

I think that I shouldn't write directly /usr/local/bin, but I don't know the "$variable" name of the directories...

Thanks again jesse, and hope someone helps me to finish with that first package ;)

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ti, 2012-05-08 kello 18:16 +0200, Jorge Barroso kirjoitti: <snip> All that could be simplified into --------------------------------------- 1. cd "${srcdir}" 2. tar xf data.tar.gz 3. mkdir -p "${pkgdir}/usr/" 4. cp -r "${srcdir}/./usr/local/bin" "${pkgdir}/usr/bin" 5. cp -r "${srcdir}/./usr/share" "${pkgdir}/usr/share" 6. 7. chmod +x "${pkgdir}/usr/bin"/* 8. sed 's|usr/local|usr|' -i "${pkgdir}/usr/bin"/* 9. sed 's|usr/local|usr|' -i "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications/LDM.desktop" --------------------------------------- <snip>

Instead of mkdir, cp and chmod, use "install -D -m 755 path/to/source path/to/destination" "-D" creates the directory. "-m" set the file mode (like chmod) See man install for more info. - -- Hugo Osvaldo Barrera -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJPz7QtAAoJEIc88gcb++1EerMH/jN33AhQ9H2RNZFbLPta/MsC 1ZqbRw0vMb3ejHggBgSYIsOUGJ72MEP6j1OWyobUcM43tKntlenmjjyKgkcj6fKT ta2WjwgZMxh5W2dUBVJcuvjhQOWdazNt5mt/QFOUZmvMn0lu3OT1a3c/wnP+Dctr m7BeEv1fe3UGJduKsVSNv3o0bhDTI8Ju16Uayf8e9gnvxC63jMchSdfF/Ju2CaMj ouhpS2djeRtBb6uTm2zgbKKh4vE7NVVcUbnOqwTJWVk1xuC9sjSof8wPyEKCTuqo u3LIy2cruHBikiMXLHkTxYLw0Ensmgu/bodRx4T3iqav39ViQXQ7QLu1rlm3v0Q= =sOS4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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ti, 2012-05-08 kello 18:16 +0200, Jorge Barroso kirjoitti: <snip> All that could be simplified into --------------------------------------- 1. cd "${srcdir}" 2. tar xf data.tar.gz 3. mkdir -p "${pkgdir}/usr/" 4. cp -r "${srcdir}/./usr/local/bin" "${pkgdir}/usr/bin" 5. cp -r "${srcdir}/./usr/share" "${pkgdir}/usr/share" 6. 7. chmod +x "${pkgdir}/usr/bin"/* 8. sed 's|usr/local|usr|' -i "${pkgdir}/usr/bin"/* 9. sed 's|usr/local|usr|' -i "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications/LDM.desktop" --------------------------------------- <snip>

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Instead of mkdir, cp and chmod, use "install -D -m 755 path/to/source path/to/destination" "-D" creates the directory. "-m" set the file mode (like chmod) See man install for more info.

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 mmm ok, I'll try with install :D mmm just a question: how could I change the owner (I wnat to say, with that PKGBUILD it installs but the owner of archives is root, so it has no icon and an script to avoid making lmd --reconf doesn't works because it is an extra code that only works running lmd like root, and it conflicts because lmd can't be ran like root, so, in short, what I want it's a bash code to change the owner user of lmd when installing)

option: '-o' or '--owner=OWNER' See this and more in the man page

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option: '-o' or '--owner=OWNER'

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See this and more in the man page

Ok, thanks, but the problem is that I can't set an specific username, because it has to be  the installer username and trying with $USER it equally sets root as user... I think (y tried with chown in a patch as well and this was the result)

Please send source tarball (or PKGBUILD, if it is the only file) that has the problem mentioned before (about image, etc.). Rafael

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option: '-o' or '--owner=OWNER'

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See this and more in the man page

Ok, thanks, but the problem is that I can't set an specific username, because it has to be  the installer username and trying with $USER it equally sets root as user... I think (y tried with chown in a patch as well and this was the result)

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Please send source tarball (or PKGBUILD, if it is the only file) that has the problem mentioned before (about image, etc.).

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=59118 this is the package, you can download or see online the PKGBUILD there. I tried to use chown in this package, and it sets $USER as root :S

I was debugging your PKGBUILD and how the behavior of LDM, and I was not able to find any problem related to user permissions. Maybe you can enlighten me. Only problem I figure out is that when the ~/.LMD do not exists, running /usr/bin/lmd will report errors messages because it did not find ~/LMD/options... That is upstream's fault, as it should be able to figure out that ~/.LMD/options doesn't exist before trying to source it... Is this the problem you are having script related? Rafael

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I was debugging your PKGBUILD and how the behavior of LDM, and I was not able to find any problem related to user permissions. Maybe you can enlighten me.

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Only problem I figure out is that when the ~/.LMD do not exists, running /usr/bin/lmd will report errors messages because it did not find ~/LMD/options... That is upstream's fault, as it should be able to figure out that ~/.LMD/options doesn't exist before trying to source it... Is this the problem you are having script related

Yes, that's the problem I have, the source is made by a student, so it's not complete, and I added a piece of source that checks if .LMD exists and if it doesn't exists it is created, without having to make anything (sed -s '325s#then#then\n\t[ ! -d ~/.LMD ] \&\& lmd -reconf#' -i "${pkgdir}"/usr/bin/lmd)

yeah, I gave you this idea. ;) It has some problems, as LMD tried to source ~/.LMD/options (in line 5) before this piece of source. Also, why call "lmd -reconf" instead "lmd -reconf"? - not one of my brightest idea.

But as the program owner after the installation is by default root, it doesn't works... moreover, the program can't be run as root, so I tried to change the user, with chown, and after that, as it doesn't worked, tried with another script on the post_install

*if { [ ! -d /home/$USER /.LMD ]   then lmd -reconf   else echo "*\033[1;32m* .LMD already exists* \033[0m*"*

The problem is that $USER is root, so it works, but only on the /root folder, and it should do that on the local user folder

So, the problem is... $USER shouldn't be 'root', but the local user (in my case, for example, jorge). If I can do that I think the both two scripts will work... but I don't know how...

You did not understand. If we are talking about same issue, the problem is not a user permission related. See below the output I get when ~/.LMD doesn't exist and I run /usr/bin/lmd, installed with your package. This will happen only once, as in the second time ~/.LMD was already created: $ lmd /usr/bin/lmd: line 5: /home/rafael/.LMD/options: No such file or directory /usr/bin/lmd: line 6: source: /usr/share/lmd/langs/: is a directory /usr/bin/lmd: line 5: /home/rafael/.LMD/options: No such file or directory /usr/bin/lmd: line 6: source: /usr/share/lmd/langs/: is a directory -reconf completed ** (gtkdialog:12958): ERROR **: gtkdialog: Error in line 23, near token '</label>': syntax error /usr/bin/lmd: line 346: 12958 Trace/breakpoint trap gtkdialog --program=MAIN_DIALOG Solution to this issue is: replace 'sed' code you mentioned above with the patch I sent to the upstream [1] along with this line: patch -p1 "${pkgdir}"/usr/bin/lmd lmd-run-reconf.patch [1] http://code.google.com/p/linux-manga-downloader/issues/detail?id=4 Rafael