[arch-general] First Time Using AUR

[Nick Stepa]

On 04/14/2010 04:12 PM, Carlos Mennens wrote:
> I am getting ready to use my newly built Arch Linux system for the 1st
> time and use AUR and read the Wiki but I have a question that I am not
> clear on:
>
> Next choose an appropriate build directory. A build directory is
> simply a directory where the package will be made or "built" and can
> be any directory. Examples of commonly used directories are:
>
> ~/builds
>
> Now when I create the "~/builds" directory, does it matter if I do
> this in a regular user's home directory or in 'roots'? It is not very
> clear and I don't want to break anything or improperly build a package
> from AUR.
>    

No it don`t matter, where you create this dir. For easily building from 
AUR you can use yaourt.