Pacman packages

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         # integer increased for each new build of the same package version
arch=('x86_64')  # array of supported cpu architectures. ('any') indicates supports any arch

# optional
license=('MIT')  # array of applicable license-names (see /usr/share/licences/common/)