aur-packages

My collection of packages I maintain for the Arch User Repository.

In this repository, I keep the PKGBUILD files and other necessary files for the packages I maintain in the Arch User Repository (AUR). This repository is used to keep track of changes to the packages and to make it easier to monitor and update them all at once.

Packages

• yaak
• yaak-appimage
• yaak-bin
• yaak-git
• supercronic
• supercronic-bin
• supercronic-git

Development Setup

Clone this repository:

git clone git@github.com:jonasgeiler/aur-packages.git
# or
git clone https://github.com/jonasgeiler/aur-packages.git

And then add remotes for all AUR packages:

git remote add yaak ssh://aur@aur.archlinux.org/yaak.git
git remote add yaak-appimage ssh://aur@aur.archlinux.org/yaak-appimage.git
git remote add yaak-bin ssh://aur@aur.archlinux.org/yaak-bin.git
git remote add yaak-git ssh://aur@aur.archlinux.org/yaak-git.git
git remote add supercronic ssh://aur@aur.archlinux.org/supercronic.git
git remote add supercronic-bin ssh://aur@aur.archlinux.org/supercronic-bin.git
git remote add supercronic-git ssh://aur@aur.archlinux.org/supercronic-git.git

Adding a package

All usages of Bash variables (${var}) in the following steps are placeholders and should be replaced with the actual values.

1. Add a remote for the new package:

   git remote add ${package} ssh://aur@aur.archlinux.org/${package}.git

2. Add the subtree for the package:

   git subtree add --prefix ${package} ${package} master

3. Create the ${package}/PKGBUILD file.
4. Continue from step 2 in the Updating a package section.

Updating a package

All usages of Bash variables (${var}) in the following steps are placeholders and should be replaced with the actual values.

1. Bump the pkgver to the new version and reset pkgrel to 1 in the ${package}/PKGBUILD file. Also update the pkgdesc and other info if necessary. Make sure to read the release notes or changelog of the package to see if there are any breaking changes, new dependencies or anything else that needs to be changed.

   TIP: Changes to GitHub Action release workflows are usually good sources of information about new dependencies, commands and other build steps.

2. Update the checksums:

   updpkgsums ${package}/PKGBUILD

3. Check PKGBUILD for errors:

   namcap -i ${package}/PKGBUILD

4. Try building the package:

   makepkg --dir ${package} --force --cleanbuild

   TIP: Sometimes a clean build can take a long time. If you're in a hurry, you can rebuild from an already compiled package by removing the --cleanbuild flag, but generally it is safer to build from scratch.

   Alternatively, use extra-x86_64-build from the devtools package to try building in a clean chroot, which often reveals missing build dependencies:

   cd ${package}
   extra-x86_64-build -c
   cd ..

5. Check the package for errors:

   namcap -i ${package}/${package}-${version}-${arch}.pkg.tar.zst

6. (Optional) Install the package and test it out:

   makepkg --dir ${package} --install

7. Update the ${package}/.SRCINFO file:

   makepkg --dir ${package} --printsrcinfo > ${package}/.SRCINFO

8. Stage the changes, commit and push them to this repository:

   git add PKGBUILD .SRCINFO
   git commit -m "feat(${package}): updated to ${major}.${minor}.${patch}"
   git push

9. Push the changes to the AUR repository:

   git subtree push --prefix ${package} ${package} master

Bash Snippets

A little collection of copy-paste snippets for various tasks. Run these from the root of the repository.

Pull new changes of all packages

git subtree pull --prefix yaak yaak master
git subtree pull --prefix yaak-appimage yaak-appimage master
git subtree pull --prefix yaak-bin yaak-bin master
git subtree pull --prefix yaak-git yaak-git master
git subtree pull --prefix supercronic supercronic master
git subtree pull --prefix supercronic-bin supercronic-bin master
git subtree pull --prefix supercronic-git supercronic-git master

Update checksums of all packages

updpkgsums yaak/PKGBUILD
updpkgsums yaak-appimage/PKGBUILD
updpkgsums yaak-bin/PKGBUILD
updpkgsums yaak-git/PKGBUILD
updpkgsums supercronic/PKGBUILD
updpkgsums supercronic-bin/PKGBUILD
updpkgsums supercronic-git/PKGBUILD

Check PKGBUILD of all packages

namcap -i yaak/PKGBUILD
namcap -i yaak-appimage/PKGBUILD
namcap -i yaak-bin/PKGBUILD
namcap -i yaak-git/PKGBUILD
namcap -i supercronic/PKGBUILD
namcap -i supercronic-bin/PKGBUILD
namcap -i supercronic-git/PKGBUILD

Update .SRCINFO of all packages

makepkg --dir yaak --printsrcinfo > yaak/.SRCINFO
makepkg --dir yaak-appimage --printsrcinfo > yaak-appimage/.SRCINFO
makepkg --dir yaak-bin --printsrcinfo > yaak-bin/.SRCINFO
makepkg --dir yaak-git --printsrcinfo > yaak-git/.SRCINFO
makepkg --dir supercronic --printsrcinfo > supercronic/.SRCINFO
makepkg --dir supercronic-bin --printsrcinfo > supercronic-bin/.SRCINFO
makepkg --dir supercronic-git --printsrcinfo > supercronic-git/.SRCINFO

Push changes of all packages

git subtree push --prefix yaak yaak master
git subtree push --prefix yaak-appimage yaak-appimage master
git subtree push --prefix yaak-bin yaak-bin master
git subtree push --prefix yaak-git yaak-git master
git subtree push --prefix supercronic supercronic master
git subtree push --prefix supercronic-bin supercronic-bin master
git subtree push --prefix supercronic-git supercronic-git master

Reference Links

Popular PKGBUILDs

• https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/PKGBUILD?h=yay
• https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/PKGBUILD?h=yay-bin
• https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/PKGBUILD?h=yay-git
• https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/PKGBUILD?h=paru
• https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/PKGBUILD?h=paru-bin
• https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/PKGBUILD?h=paru-git

PKGBUILD templates for AppImage packages

• https://daveparrish.net/posts/2019-11-16-Better-AppImage-PKGBUILD-template.html

PKGBUILDs of AppImage packages

• https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/PKGBUILD?h=joplin-appimage
• https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/PKGBUILD?h=wootility-appimage
• https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/PKGBUILD?h=freecad-appimage
• https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/PKGBUILD?h=voicevox-appimage
• https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/PKGBUILD?h=citra-appimage

PKGBUILDs of multi-arch Golang packages

• https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/traefik-bin