Arch Linux

To install this, edit the PKGBUILD and change the source to https://github.com/Rudd-O/portablelinux/archive/0.9.3.tar.gz

md5sum should be 57b43f63a34822dfaef3d00c31a1d05c

The source package is unavailable for at least 3 days.
http://rudd-o.com/new-projects/portablelinux/releases/0.9.3/portablelinux-0.9.3.tar.gz

I always get "Errno2: no such file or directory"
Any solution?

Adopted and updated for python2.

Won't work, it always says "syntax error"..

Installed with frm's fix below:

http://paste2.org/p/1144505

Look at the bottom for error.

Please fix the PKGBUILD and use the $pkgdir variable. In no circumstances should a build script run as root, the sudo command bypass the fakeroot protection, and the build script messes up with your files directly so they can't be tracked/uninstalled via pacman. Also check the content of the resulting package, list the files and use nampac. Obviously there is a problem if it is empty.

Wild files on the loose : /usr/share/portablelinux (containing portablelinux.glade and portablelinux.png)
/usr/share/pixmaps/portablelinux.png
/usr/share/applications/portablelinux.desktop
/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/portablelinux-0.9.3-py2.6.egg-info

OK, just uploaded an update pkgbuild with dosfstools as a dependency. But it looks like we're hitting another error:

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/loop0,
missing codepage or helper program, or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so

this occurs at "installing the kernel and initial ram disk"

dosfstools is a dependency - without it you get [Errno2: no such file or directory] at "Creating the Windows volume on the USB drive".

@frm:
Your tip solved the problem for me!
Thanks!

The PKGBUILD result an empty package. You can check on the pkg directory.
You should fix the build function in PKGBUILD like this:

build() {
cd $srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver
python setup.py install --prefix=/usr --root="$pkgdir" || return 1
}

Issuing: "sudo pacman -Ql portablelinux"
Returns a blank line...
Something is messed up here...

Thanks for the tip, but doing that doesn't solve the problem.
$ sudo pacman -Rf portablelinux
Password:
checking dependencies...
(1/1) removing portablelinux [#####################] 100%

If I type "portablelinux" in my shell it just runs...

I works normally, do pacman -Rf portablelinux, if not reinstall it and uninstall it.

This package is not working for me.
I get an error when trying to make a persistent live USB flash disk: (File not found: /tmp/(string-of-random-characters) ).
But that's not the real issue. I can't uninstall this package.
Issuing "pacman -R portablelinux" says that tha package has been removed, but everything remains in place, even the gnome menu entries remain. The packages no longer comes listen in pacman as installed, but no file gets removed.