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Can I fix an AUR package myself? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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There is an AUR package that errors when I update it, and it has been like that for a while so I wondered if I could fix it myself?

The Package is here https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/filebrowser-bin

You can see my comment explaining the error under the username "mub".

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The URL leads to a 404 page. You're including the dot at the end in it.

As for your question, it has something to do with the PKGBUILD file. Edit it to fix the error and then build it locally with pacman.

If you are talking about wanting to maintain the AUR package, make an orphanage request and assign yourself as the maintainer.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

make an orphanage request

Looks like it's even being actively maintained though.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm probably just being impatient. I'll do the local build thing with pacman for now, but my curiosity is pushing me to consider the orphan request option. I'll give it a couple more weeks though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

On the couple of AUR packages I ~~maintain~~ neglect I have been approached via email to add people as co-maintainers. I don't always have the time to keep the packages up to date so I was happy to let someone else help out.

Might be something worth looking into rather than an orphan request.