src2pkg install problem
 

Hello,

I have a little problem installing src2pkg on my linux from stratch system.

I downloaded the package and saved it on /
After that I did cd /usr/libexec/src2pkg/src2pkg-helpers

There I did a sh src2pkg.setup
But now I'm getting this error message :

/usr/libexec/src2pkg/13-make-description: line 438: 'read_pkg_info_desc : not a valid identifier.

Do anyone have any idea what went wrong ?

Regards,

Roelof

Why have downloaded packages in / ?
Default is e.g. /home/<name>/Downloads/

But anyway, the install procedure is 1) su
2) installpkg src2pkg-2.2-noarch-3.tgz
3) src2pkg --setup

..

Hello,

I did it now your way but now I get this message :

installpkg src2pkg-2.2-noarch-3.tgz
WARNING: pkgtools are unstable with tar > 1.13.
You should provide a "tar-1.13" in your $PATH.
/sbin/installpkg: line 59: rev: command not found
/sbin/installpkg: line 59: rev: command not found
/sbin/installpkg: line 59: rev: command not found
/sbin/installpkg: line 59: rev: command not found
Cannot install src2pkg-2.2-noarch-3.tgz: file does not end in .tgz, .tbz, .tlz, or .txz


Roelof

Did you rerun src2pkg --setup?

Hello,

Nope
I'm now trying to re-install src2pkg. The setup will be the next step.

Roelof

Looks like you need to install util-linux-ng package.

Yes, rev is missing. I'm wondering also what 'installpkg' you are using -is that the Slackware version or what?

I believe the original poster is building Linux from Scratch using pkgtools with the intent of using src2pkg to make the LFS packages.

Yeah. charlie_lab, you need to have some basic things installed and working in order to use src2pkg. In short, you need a working development environment with kernel/glibc headers, gcc, autoconf/automake/libtool/m4/perl, pkgconfig, make, binutils. You also need basic command-line tools found in the linux-util(or linux-util-ng) and coreutils software sets. I guess you need what, for LFS, would be a full, running native environment(what you have after pass-2 or pass-3). Only then can you begin to create packages using src2pkg -you can start by packaging all the above-named stuff if you like, or with whatever extra packages you want.

Hello gnashley,

I have that.
But when I do src2pkg --setup I see this messages :
This seems to me not good. On the install part the installation seems to be stopped. Nothing happens after that even after 20 min.

Roelof

You need 'mktemp', which I think is part of the 'bin' package for Slackware -a collection of various programs needed for Slackware. What is happening is that src2pkg assumes you want to setup using Slackware-type packages so it calls makepkg. makepkg is calling mktemp which you are missing.
Go to a mirror like this one:
ftp://ftp.slackware.at/slackware-current/source/a/bin/
and download the various sources there and build and install them -the debianutils is what contains mktemp.

In view of this problem I may change the way src2pkg builds the slackware-type package for src2pkg-helpers when you run 'src2pkg --setup', but meanwhile you'll find it easiest to build and install the 'bin' package.

Hello gnashley,

I downloaded mktemp from the mktemp site and I get now these errors :
The helpers-helpers-1.1 does exist but in the root.

Roelof

Now that you have installed all the missing commands
etc. suggested by @ gnashley :

Then may be reinstall src2pkg :
# installpkg src2pkg-2.2-noarch-3.tgz

.. to provide the missing 'src2pkg-helpers' files.
..

Hello,

I did reinstall src2pkg and the same error messages appear.
I begin to think this is a dead end road.


Roelof

Hello,

Nobody who knows the answer ??

Roelof