Hi, On 04/02/16 at 10:35am, message wrote: > Readers, > > Tried to install xpdf, but failed as below. Looks that there is a > reference to create a directory 'mkdir -p /home/lee...' without > permission. Any suggestions please?
You are using Manjaro which is not supported by this mailing list. > With my version of Pacman v4.2.1 - libalpm v9.0.1, the pkgbuild fails > with permission errors. Basically everything in build() needs moved to > package(). That sounds awfully wrong, the PKGBUILD works and builds fine in a clean chroot for me. > ==> ERROR: Running makepkg as root is not allowed as it can cause > permanent, This is not supported and not recommended. So simply try this instead.. $ wget https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/snapshot/xpdf.tar.gz $ tar xvf xpdf.tar.gz && cd xpdf $ makepkg -si Read the fine wiki, whiich has this information. [1] [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository#Installing_packages -- Jelle van der Waa
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