On 27 January 2012 17:40, Peter G Nikolic <p.nikolic1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi .. > > I am trying to install my favorite editor joe now i have the "PKGBUILD" > file have run "makepkg" it has built ok no erors but how the heck do i > install it says installed but it has not it has just created the directorys > in the build dir but not actually installed it on the system . makepkg only creates a package. To install it, run pacman -U /where/your/pkgbuild/is/packagename-packageversion.pkg.tar.xz. Or run makepkg -i (or makepkg -si which will install dependencies too). I am pretty sure the wiki explains PKGBUILDs pretty good, take a look :) -- Thanasis Georgiou
