Unable to create functional PKGBUILD for font collection

Neyzan · 02-07-2019, 09:57 AM

I am trying to create my first package with a collection of some fonts I use, to install on my Arch Linux system. I followed the relevant instructions to create a package for my fonts, but while I modified the template PKGBUILD accordingly I get the error "install: cannot stat 'OTF/*.otf': No such file or directory" (when I hash out the relevant line I get the same error for all "install" commands).
I uploaded the necessary files in my GitHub repo and made the following PKGBUILD.

Code:

pkgname=free-metal-fonts
pkgver=0.1
_relver=0.1
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="This is a collection of rock and metal style free fonts compiled by Neyzan (NeyzanRumi)"
url="https://github.com/NeyzanRumi/Font-Collections/tree/master/Free-Metal-Fonts/"
arch=(any)
license=(SIL OFL v1.1 and GNU GPL v3)
_tarname=free-metal-fonts-${_relver//\//-}
source=("$_tarname.tar.gz::https://github.com/NeyzanRumi/Font-Collections/tree/master/Free-Metal-Fonts/$_relver.tar.gz")
sha256sums=('ef3180aab212b839e99665db67a821c074e8107ed4401878acff92e293d5d84d')

package() {
  cd $_tarname
  install -d "$pkgdir/usr/share/fonts/${pkgname%-fonts}"
  install -t "$pkgdir/usr/share/fonts/${pkgname%-fonts}" -m644 OTF/*.otf
  install -t "$pkgdir/usr/share/fonts/${pkgname%-fonts}" -m644 TTF/*.ttf
  install -Dm644 OFL "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/OFL"
  install -Dm644 COPYING "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/COPYING"
  install -Dm644 README.md "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/README.md"
}

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Can anyone tell me were I went wrong?

Roboron · 02-07-2019, 02:40 PM

Well the error is clear. You are trying to open a directory that doesn't exist (OTF).

mralk3 · 02-07-2019, 04:49 PM

Adjust the script to take the directory listing of the font files and loop through each one. Then copy each font into the desired location. I think you problem is due to the install command being unable to expand the directory listing. Check the man page.

Edit:. You could also simplify it all by using the cp command to copy the files and the chmod command to set the permissions.

ondoho · 02-08-2019, 01:08 PM

^ fwiw i read recently on bbs.archlinux.org that creators of PKGBUILDs are encouraged to use 'install' instead of sudo-copying etc.
i am positive that the install command can achieve what is desired here.

Code:

man install

Neyzan · 02-15-2019, 06:26 AM

I modified the PKGBUILD based on some other font packages (e.g.the otf-gfs) as shown below. The PKGBUILD now functions when I have the tarball on my system and give the PGKBUILD that particular sha256sum, but when I attempt to download it from my git repo I get a validation error and when I check the sha256sum is different. Any idea how to solve this?

Code:

pkgname=free-metal-fonts
pkgver=0.1
_relver=20190215
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="This is a collection of rock and metal style free fonts compiled by Neyzan (NeyzanRumi)"
url="https://github.com/NeyzanRumi/Font-Collections/tree/master/Free-Metal-Fonts/"
arch=(any)
license=(SIL OFL v1.1 and GNU GPL v3)
makedepends=('tar')
depends=()

source=("https://github.com/NeyzanRumi/Font-Collections/tree/master/Free-Metal-Fonts/free-metal-fonts-20190215.tar.gz")
sha256sums=('ecf9f2f2b1eb3e16ff5cf966d1177fd21dc3eeb9bc3aefac8206ecfe6f460231')

package() {
  cd "$srcdir"
  tar -xvf free-metal-fonts-20190215.tar.gz
  sudo install -Dm755 $srcdir/free-metal-fonts-20190215/*otf /usr/share/fonts/
  sudo install -Dm755 $srcdir/free-metal-fonts-20190215/*ttf /usr/share/fonts/
  sudo install -Dm755 $srcdir/free-metal-fonts-20190215/*TTF /usr/share/fonts/
  sudo install -d /usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/
  sudo install -Dm755 $srcdir/free-metal-fonts-20190215/OFL /usr/share/licenses/$pkgname
  sudo install -Dm755 $srcdir/free-metal-fonts-20190215/COPYING /usr/share/licenses/$pkgname
  sudo install -Dm755 $srcdir/free-metal-fonts-20190215/README.md /usr/share/licenses/$pkgname
  sudo cat /usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/README.md
}

ondoho · 02-16-2019, 06:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neyzan

but when I attempt to download it from my git repo I get a validation error and when I check the sha256sum is different. Any idea how to solve this?

AUR PKGBUILDS for *-git packages usually use 'SKIP' for the repo's checksum.