If you're having trouble installing xlibre-server
due to circular dependencies, follow this procedure:
yay -S xlibre-server-bootstrap
yay -S xlibre-input-libinput
yay -S xlibre-server
Similarly, to revert:
pacman -S xorg-server xf86-input-libinput
This is an unfortunate reality of building AUR packages with circular dependencies from source. I don’t like this solution, but at least it's a solution.
I'm also considering an alternative approach: having xlibre-server
provide xlibre-server-bootstrap
, so that packages needing to build against xlibre-server
can list xlibre-server-bootstrap
as a makedepends
instead. If you're knowledgeable about this or have a good argument for or against it, I’d appreciate your input.
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vitaliikuzhdin commented on 2025-06-22 14:54 (UTC) (edited on 2025-06-22 17:51 (UTC) by vitaliikuzhdin)
If you're having trouble installing
xlibre-server
due to circular dependencies, follow this procedure:Similarly, to revert:
This is an unfortunate reality of building AUR packages with circular dependencies from source. I don’t like this solution, but at least it's a solution.
I'm also considering an alternative approach: having
xlibre-server
providexlibre-server-bootstrap
, so that packages needing to build againstxlibre-server
can listxlibre-server-bootstrap
as amakedepends
instead. If you're knowledgeable about this or have a good argument for or against it, I’d appreciate your input.