convert .pkg folder to .pkg.tar.gz?

[cpc]

I just build a package gmchess-0.20-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz from PKGBUILD, I unpack the gmchess-0.20-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz and create a folder gmchess-0.20-1-i686.pkg, after changing some .png files in this folder, I compress the gmchess-0.20-1-i686.pkg folder back to gmchess-0.20-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz, however it can not be installed with command pacman -U, I try to search wiki, but get no clues, thanks for help.


$ sudo pacman -U gmchess-0.20-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz
Password:
loading package data...
error: missing package metadata in gmchess-0.20-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz
error: 'gmchess-0.20-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz': invalid or corrupted package

[Jonathan183]

I have not built any packages so probably can't help much ... were you following this guide or something else?

Ed: from the above link if you follow links
PKGBUILD tricks -> Makepkg you get instructions similar to those posted by ozar.

[oz]

Welcome to the forums!

Go to AUR, find your desired package.

Click on the link where it says "tarball".

Extract the tarball. This should create a directory.

Enter that directory (cd directory).

type 'makepkg'

after it compiles, you should have a file ending in .pkg.tar.gz

install that file with pacman as follows...

'pacman -A filename.pkg.tar.gz'

Installation should be complete if all went as planned.

[Thrillhouse]

Do you mean 'pacman -U filename.pkg.tar.gz' ozar? I don't have access to my Arch machine at the moment but that's the command I remember using for the installation of local packages and I don't see a "-A" option in the pacman man page.

[oz]

Thanks for the correction, Thrillhouse.

It appears that the pacman devs have indeed changed the command to use -U rather than the -A that was used the last time I installed pkgbuilds from Community.

[kgas]

ozar, downloading the PKGBUILD (+.install + patch if any) file and issuing makepkg will do all the work. Once the tar is created according to the arch ie i686/x86_64, package can be installed as usual. It is known that installing package in Arch is advised thro' PKGBUILD.

I think the OP got the answer from the Arch Forum.