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Ooops, forgot to include my test using "FTL.Linux.1.02.5.tar.gz," results are as follows: [code] % makepkg PKGBUILD ~/abs/ftl ==> Making package: ftl 1.02.5-1 (Fri Oct 5 19:34:57 EDT 2012) ==> Checking runtime dependencies... ==> Checking buildtime dependencies... ==> Retrieving Sources... -> Found FTL.Linux.1.02.5.tar.gz ==> ERROR: ftl was not found in the build directory and is not a URL. [/code]

BTW: makepkg clearly says so in its last line: ==> ERROR: FTL.Linux.1.02.5.tar.gz was not found in the build directory and is not a URL.

Looks like makepkg can not find the FTL package. Its name has to be "FTL.Linux.1.02.5.tar.gz" not "ftl-linux.1.0.2.5-1.tar.gz"

Been trying to install this for a little while now. I've placed ftl-linux.1.0.2.5-1.tar.gz in the same directory as the PKGBUILD, ftl.png, FTL:Faster Than Light files. Running makepkg fails like so: [code]==> Making package: ftl 1.02.5-1 (Fri Oct 5 17:04:29 EDT 2012) ==> Checking runtime dependencies... ==> Checking buildtime dependencies... ==> Retrieving Sources... ==> ERROR: There is no agent set up to handle file URLs. Check /etc/makepkg.conf. Aborting... [/code] Removing the file:// protocol bit and running results in: [code] ==> Making package: ftl 1.02.5-1 (Fri Oct 5 17:05:54 EDT 2012) ==> Checking runtime dependencies... ==> Checking buildtime dependencies... ==> Retrieving Sources... ==> ERROR: FTL.Linux.1.02.5.tar.gz was not found in the build directory and is not a URL. [/code] What am I doing wrong?

I did this to prevent 'makepkg --source' from including that file in the src package. Saw it on quite a few similar packages. It probably doesn't work with SRCDEST set in makepkg.conf or whats the problem? Just place the FTL tar.gz next to the PKGBUILD; no need to remove the file:// If you know any clean way to do it better, I'll change it.

Packer (specifically, makepkg) appears to fail on the file://-protocol specified with: ==> Making package: ftl 1.01-4 (Mon 17 Sep 15:58:34 CEST 2012) ==> Checking runtime dependencies... ==> Checking buildtime dependencies... ==> Retrieving Sources... ==> ERROR: There is no agent set up to handle file URLs. Check /etc/makepkg.conf. Aborting... The build failed. Why is there a "file"-protocol in front of "FTL.Linux.1.01.tar.gz"? Shouldn't this be a local path relative to the PKGBUILD? If I remove the "file://"-part and copy "FTL.Linux.1.01.tar.gz" to the build-dir next to the PKGBUILD the package builds and installs successfully.

The only difference now is that the game uses its own bundled versions of every dependency, for which no one but the devs can provide support. I remember reading about serious FPS problems with radeon cards in the support forums here: http://www.ftlgame.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=9 But I don't know if there is a known solution, although it seems now, that using up-to-date dependencies solves the problem.

I'm really sorry, but the game became much slower when rebuilt. When I reinstalled the 1.01-2 version with all these deps, it worked fine again. I don't have a separate /opt partition or something that could affect like that.

You two convinced me; I've uploaded a new version where everything is installed in /opt. This also makes maintaining far easier :)

I agree that the /opt/ftl looks like a better solution for this package, considering that it's already tested and we can't know if newer versions of those dependencies will break the application.