On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 8:12 AM, Carlos Mennens <carloswill@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > I am getting ready to use my newly built Arch Linux system for the 1st > time and use AUR and read the Wiki but I have a question that I am not > clear on: > > Next choose an appropriate build directory. A build directory is > simply a directory where the package will be made or "built" and can > be any directory. Examples of commonly used directories are: > > ~/builds > > Now when I create the "~/builds" directory, does it matter if I do > this in a regular user's home directory or in 'roots'? It is not very > clear and I don't want to break anything or improperly build a package > from AUR. > I dont know if your using an aur helper or using makepkg alone, but i would use ~/builds in a users' directory. running makepkg as root is bad practice.
