[Bug-freedink] Instructions for building FreeDink from AUR

[Sylvain Beucler]

Hi,


I'm attempting to write instructions for ArchLinux users.
I have lots of questions :)

> There's a program called yaourt in AUR. It works very much like pacman  
> and is quite handy when installing packages from AUR, because it handles  
> dependencies automatically. For example you can run: 'yaourt -Syu --aur'  
> to upgrade your whole system, including AUR-packages or 'yaourt foo' to  
> search 'foo' from all repos.


Currently here's what I have:

  # Install yaourt with AUR support
  wget http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/yaourt/yaourt.tar.gz
  cd yaourt
  makepkg -c
  pacman -U yaourt-*.pkg.tar.gz
  
  yaourt -S freedink-engine
  yaourt -S freedink-dfarc

  # If you appreciate the game:
  yaourt -S aurvote
  aurvote freedink-engine

Does that look ok?


I don't really understand why yaourt asks to edit PKGBUILD

  ==> Downloading freedink-data PKGBUILD from AUR...
  
  
        First Submitted: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:43:00 +0000
        Last Updated: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 06:21:06 +0000
  freedink-data 1.08.20080920-2 (Unsupported): Free game data for GNU freedink
  ==>  Edit the PKGBUILD (recommended) ? [Y/n]("A" to abort)
  ==>   ----------------------------------------------
  ==>

Is there a way to skip this? (unless that's not recommended)


I also noticed that if the package is not built as root, it won't
offer to install the dependencies (while it offers to su/sudo and
install built packages).  Should we recommend people to run the
commands as root?


You mentioned you asked to remove 'freedink' and replace it by a group
of packages.  Did the AUR moderator check your request?  Apparently
'freedink' currently refers to the old release.


A note: in 'freedink-engine', the 'libzip' dependency isn't necessary
anymore, because we're using '--disable-embedded-resources'.


Cheers!

-- 
Sylvain