[arch-general] First Time Using AUR

[Burlynn Corlew Jr (velcroshooz)]

On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 8:12 AM, Carlos Mennens <carloswill at gmail.com>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.
>

I dont know if your using an aur helper or using makepkg alone, but i would
use ~/builds in a users' directory. running makepkg as root is bad
practice.