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groups=('metapackage-name')              # included in metapackage X
groups=('metapackage-name')              # included in metapackage X
depends=('foobar>=1.8.0' 'foobar<2.0.0')  # required package version requests
depends=('foobar>=1.8.0' 'foobar<2.0.0')  # required package version requests (build/run)
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Revision as of 23:38, 25 December 2021

Archlinux packages are described in PKGBUILD files, and built using makepkg.
They are expressed in bash shellscript.

Documentation

PKGBUILD docs https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PKGBUILD

Usage

cd ${DIR_W_PKGBUILD}
makepkg

PKGBUILD Syntax

# ========
# required
# ========
pkgname=
pkgver=1.1.1     # '[0-9a-Z.@_+-]+', versions must increase alphanumerically
pkgrel=2         # increment for each build-version of the same package-version.
arch=('x86_64')  # supported cpu architectures. ('any') supports any arch

# ========
# optional
# ========
license=('MIT')  # licences (see /usr/share/licences/common/)

groups=('metapackage-name')               # included in metapackage X
depends=('foobar>=1.8.0' 'foobar<2.0.0')  # required package version requests (build/run)