[arch-general] Can't install e4rat from AUR: pacman fails to install missing dependencies

[Thorsten Töpper]

On Sun, 9 Oct 2011 17:44:44 +0200
Lorenzo Bandieri <lorenzo.bandieri at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello everyone!
> 
> I'm having problems installing E4rat from the AUR (
> https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?K=e4rat&SeB=x). Installation
> fails: $ makepkg -s
> ==> WARNING: Sudo can not be found. Will use su to acquire root
> privileges. ==> Making package: e4rat 0.2.1-2 (Sun Oct  9 17:34:22
> CEST 2011) ==> Checking runtime dependencies...
> ==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
> ==> Installing missing dependencies...
> Password:
> error: target not found: audit
> ==> ERROR: 'pacman' failed to install missing dependencies.
> 
> I performed a search with pacman -Ss, and audit seems not to be in the
> repos. Has anyone encountered this problem yet?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Lorenzo

I haven't encountered the problem, but there's a solution:
Search the AUR when deps for AUR PKGBUILDs are missing.

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=24070

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