Package Details: fbpdf-git r102.6276360-3

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/fbpdf-git.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: fbpdf-git
Description: A small framebuffer pdf viewer, based on MuPDF.
Upstream URL: https://github.com/aligrudi/fbpdf
Licenses: ISC
Conflicts: fbpdf
Provides: fbpdf
Submitter: Sara
Maintainer: xlucn
Last Packager: xlucn
Votes: 43
Popularity: 0.000000
First Submitted: 2011-02-08 00:46 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2023-11-18 18:26 (UTC)

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xlucn commented on 2022-06-24 05:46 (UTC) (edited on 2023-11-20 08:36 (UTC) by xlucn)

I updated the package. Apart from the fixes (please test it), most notably I removed the poppler-based fbpdf2, and renamed "fbpdf" as "fbpdf-mupdf" instead of "neatfbpdf", still to avoid conflict with "fbida" package. Those are just my own decisions, so they can be changed again.

If you want poppler-based variant, see https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/fbpdf-poppler-git.

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glyn commented on 2023-11-20 04:19 (UTC)

@xlucn Believe it or not, I hadn't guessed that was the proper way to install fbpdf-git. I naively assumed that everything in AUR was installable in the same way. Thank you.

m040601 commented on 2023-11-18 20:36 (UTC) (edited on 2023-11-18 20:38 (UTC) by m040601)

My feedback on the latest PKGBUILD updates:

  • everything builds fine, no error message
  • I'm using the AUR helper "yay"
  • the installed binaries "/usr/bin/fbpdf-mupdf" and "/usr/bin/fbdjvu" work fine
  • I also have the official Arch packgage "fbida" which installs the binary "/usr/bin/fbpdf" and depends on "poppler-glib"; no conflict with "fbpdf-git"

Thanks xlucn for caring and maintaining this usefull tool.

xlucn commented on 2023-11-18 18:20 (UTC)

That's what I figured.

This is an AUR package. You can install with 1. cloning this repo https://aur.archlinux.org/fbpdf-git.git 2. go into the repo folder, build and install with makepkg -si

Alternatively, you can use an AUR helper.

glyn commented on 2023-11-18 18:15 (UTC)

@xlucn I issued sudo pacman -S fbpdf-git and it failed with a message saying the target was not found. I didn't see any sign of a build.

xlucn commented on 2023-11-18 18:12 (UTC)

@haawda, It can be discussed.

Maybe I will remove the poppler dependency again :) It's not built by default in Makefile, which I forgot. I will update again soon.

@glyn, maybe I misunderstood what you mean by "not found". Were you referring to the build failure then? Anyway you can install directly without a AUR helper, of course :)

haawda commented on 2023-11-18 18:02 (UTC)

Why not a split PKGBUILD?

glyn commented on 2023-11-18 18:01 (UTC)

Thanks for the swift response!

I'm not knowingly using an AUR helper. Should I be? I gather arch doesn't support them (https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/AUR_helpers).

I'll try again after you submit a patch.

xlucn commented on 2023-11-18 17:51 (UTC)

Are you using an AUR helper? The package is still here if that's what you suspect.

However, I noticed that the build fails currently, probably due to libmupdf providing a shared library as a change recently. I will try submit a patch here, please try installing it again.

P.S. Now that the package built with shared mupdf library is also small in size, I will merge mupdf-based and poppler-based builds back to one package. After that poppler needs to be installed, I hope that's OK for everyone.

glyn commented on 2023-11-18 16:56 (UTC)

Is this still available? I tried to install it using pacman and it was not found.

xlucn commented on 2022-06-24 05:46 (UTC) (edited on 2023-11-20 08:36 (UTC) by xlucn)

I updated the package. Apart from the fixes (please test it), most notably I removed the poppler-based fbpdf2, and renamed "fbpdf" as "fbpdf-mupdf" instead of "neatfbpdf", still to avoid conflict with "fbida" package. Those are just my own decisions, so they can be changed again.

If you want poppler-based variant, see https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/fbpdf-poppler-git.