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Now installs in /usr/share/brother instead of /usr/local/Brother

Improved PKGBUILD

Added license-file

Added dependency to libusb-compat. Otherwise no scanner will be detected.

Added dependency to libusb-compat. This is necessary to detect the correct scanner. Otherwise no scanner will be detected.

Modified the package to build correctly

I had to modify the PKGBUILD for this to work. Otherwise the resulting package contains no files. --- PKGBUILD.1 2012-10-27 09:55:17.000000000 -0700 +++ PKGBUILD 2014-02-05 16:10:30.554751354 -0800 @@ -20,31 +20,32 @@ install="$pkgname.install" build() { - mkdir -p $startdir/src || return 1 - cd $startdir/src || return 1 - ar -x ../$_filename || return 1 - mkdir -p $startdir/pkg || return 1 - cd $startdir/pkg || return 1 - tar -xzf ../src/data.tar.gz || return 1 + cd $srcdir + ar -x $_filename +} - # On x86_64, install in "/usr/lib" instead of "/usr/lib64" - if [ "$CARCH" == "x86_64" ]; then - cd usr || return 1 - mv lib64 lib || return 1 - # some links are wrong now - recreate them - for fn in lib/libbrcolm2.so.1.0.1 \ - lib/libbrscandec2.so.1.0.0 \ - lib/sane/libsane-brother2.so.1.0.7 - do - # break, if file does not exist - if [ ! -f $fn ] ; then - echo "ERROR: $fn does not exist" - return 1 - fi - base=`echo $fn | cut -d. -f1`.so - major=`echo $fn | cut -d. -f3` - ln -sf `basename $fn` $base || return 1 - ln -sf `basename $fn` $base.$major || return 1 - done - fi -} \ No newline at end of file +package() { + cd $pkgdir + tar -xzf $srcdir/data.tar.gz || return 1 + + # On x86_64, install in "/usr/lib" instead of "/usr/lib64" + if [ "$CARCH" == "x86_64" ]; then + cd usr || return 1 + mv lib64 lib || return 1 + # some links are wrong now - recreate them + for fn in lib/libbrcolm2.so.1.0.1 \ + lib/libbrscandec2.so.1.0.0 \ + lib/sane/libsane-brother2.so.1.0.7 + do + # break, if file does not exist + if [ ! -f $fn ] ; then + echo "ERROR: $fn does not exist" + return 1 + fi + base=`echo $fn | cut -d. -f1`.so + major=`echo $fn | cut -d. -f3` + ln -sf `basename $fn` $base || return 1 + ln -sf `basename $fn` $base.$major || return 1 + done + fi +}

@nomisge You can apply the changes as you described, or delete the whole line. I tested it on x86_64. What is needed to get the correct version into AUR?

@ archlinuxomane I would not put a "/" before "usr" and than run makepkg as root. It would screw up your system! Rather put a "$srcdir/" before "usr" and run makepkg as regular user. Or just delete the line, since we're already in the correct dir. I didn't test this part though, since I have a 32bit system.

@nomisge Thanks for the package. You symlink creation for x64 systems has a typo near line 39: ||#On x86_64, install in "/usr/lib" instead of "/usr/lib64" || if [ "$CARCH" == "x86_64" ]; then || cd usr || return 1 has a "/" missing in before "usr" It should be noted that your symlink script won't work unless makepkg is started as root.