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                 !!! IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS, READ CAREFULLY !!!
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##  AUR/archivebox includes a systemd service startup template.
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##  To run archivebox automatically during startup, do the following:
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##  Assuming your ArchiveBox OUTPUT_DIR is /var/archivebox
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##  1. Create the archivebox system user if you haven't done yet:
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##       echo 'u archivebox 911 "ArchiveBox User"' > /usr/lib/sysusers.d/archivebox.conf
##       sudo systemd-sysusers
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##  2. Initialize the ArchiveBox OUTPUT_DIR. It is recommended to do this 
##     as the archivebox user to ensure correct permissions from the start:
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##       cd /var/archivebox
##       sudo -u archivebox archivebox init
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##  3. Ensure ownership and permissions are correct for the archivebox user:
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##       sudo chown -R archivebox:archivebox /var/archivebox
##       sudo chmod -R 755 /var/archivebox
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##  4. Set the WorkingDirectory for the systemd service. 
##     Run the following command to create a configuration override:
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##       sudo systemctl edit archivebox
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##     In the editor, add the following lines and save:
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##       [Service]
##       WorkingDirectory=/var/archivebox
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##  5. Enable and start the archivebox service:
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##       sudo systemctl enable --now archivebox
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I ended up doing a clean install for (what I assume) reasons completely unrelated to archivebox, and made sure to do step 3 first before step 2, and it works. Thank you.

@Yae Is doing step #3 regarding changing permissions and ownership BEFORE step #2 solves the issue? Because if it does then I will change these instructions and do further tests.

I hope this is the right place to ask this question...

I'm following the pinned instructions, however, I get stuck on 'sudo -u archivebox archivebox init', it returns this error:

[+] Initializing a new ArchiveBox v0.7.3 collection...

[+] Building archive folder structure... + ./archive, ./sources, ./logs... Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/archivebox", line 8, in <module> sys.exit(main()) ^^^^^^ File "/opt/archivebox/lib/python3.11/site-packages/archivebox/cli/init.py", line 140, in main run_subcommand( File "/opt/archivebox/lib/python3.11/site-packages/archivebox/cli/init.py", line 80, in run_subcommand module.main(args=subcommand_args, stdin=stdin, pwd=pwd) # type: ignore ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/opt/archivebox/lib/python3.11/site-packages/archivebox/cli/archivebox_init.py", line 43, in main init( File "/opt/archivebox/lib/python3.11/site-packages/archivebox/util.py", line 116, in typechecked_function return func(args, *kwargs) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/opt/archivebox/lib/python3.11/site-packages/archivebox/main.py", line 350, in init Path(SOURCES_DIR).mkdir(exist_ok=True) File "/usr/lib/python3.11/pathlib.py", line 1116, in mkdir os.mkdir(self, mode) PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/archivebox/sources'

Is there something simple I'm missing?

Thank you.

################################################################################
                 !!! IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS, READ CAREFULLY !!!
################################################################################
##
##  AUR/archivebox includes a systemd service startup template.
##
##  To run archivebox automatically during startup, do the following:
##
##  Assuming your ArchiveBox OUTPUT_DIR is /var/archivebox
##
##  1. Create the archivebox system user if you haven't done yet:
##
##       echo 'u archivebox 911 "ArchiveBox User"' > /usr/lib/sysusers.d/archivebox.conf
##       sudo systemd-sysusers
##
##  2. Initialize the ArchiveBox OUTPUT_DIR. It is recommended to do this 
##     as the archivebox user to ensure correct permissions from the start:
##
##       cd /var/archivebox
##       sudo -u archivebox archivebox init
##
##  3. Ensure ownership and permissions are correct for the archivebox user:
##
##       sudo chown -R archivebox:archivebox /var/archivebox
##       sudo chmod -R 755 /var/archivebox
##
##  4. Set the WorkingDirectory for the systemd service. 
##     Run the following command to create a configuration override:
##
##       sudo systemctl edit archivebox
##
##     In the editor, add the following lines and save:
##
##       [Service]
##       WorkingDirectory=/var/archivebox
##
##  5. Enable and start the archivebox service:
##
##       sudo systemctl enable --now archivebox
##
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@jasongodev If you want to skip the hassle with 0.8.x rc releases, then declares support for python3.14 https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/blob/dev/pyproject.toml#L26

Edit: nvm, these are onlt officially declare support for 3.12. Only dev branch declares higher version support.

Good day everyone, as you may have noticed I am the new maintainer of this package. After careful inspection of the whole installation routine I was able to identify that the errors during installation are caused by the incompatible Python version. The upstream source is only compatible up to Python 3.11.

I will do a refactor of the PKGBUILD to make it use Python 3.11 via pyenv and to fully isolate the build dependencies under venv as oppose to the current system-wide dependency approach. This way it will make ArchiveBox's dependencies isolated from the rolling release nature of Arch Linux.

I will update this package in a matter of 2-3 days once all testing are done.

I can't start archivebox.

bash: /usr/bin/archivebox: cannot execute: required file not found

Can't start installing since one of the git repos tries to check out a non existing branch;

-> Creating working copy of django-taggit git repo...
fatal: bad object refs/remotes/origin/pre-commit-ci-update-config

Can't install due to failing tests.