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@quenyen @jvreeland Microchip has deprecated the sam-ba github repo and deleted all git history :sad:. Here is a patch file which installs the precompiled sam-ba bin provided from Microchip's website:

From 998d67a4b28ea99478b54ee62dacf321aafad0a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ogden <0gd3n@pm.me>
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2023 17:30:20 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Update to precompiled bins provided by Microchip v3.7

---
 .SRCINFO                                   | 16 +++------
 0001-Dont-install-thirdparty-libs.patch    | 26 ---------------
 0002-Dont-rely-on-applicationDirPath.patch | 27 ---------------
 0003-Use-newer-qt-version.patch            | 11 ------
 PKGBUILD                                   | 39 +++++-----------------
 5 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 105 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 0001-Dont-install-thirdparty-libs.patch
 delete mode 100644 0002-Dont-rely-on-applicationDirPath.patch
 delete mode 100644 0003-Use-newer-qt-version.patch

diff --git a/.SRCINFO b/.SRCINFO
index e64b7e7..9ad8cfa 100644
--- a/.SRCINFO
+++ b/.SRCINFO
@@ -1,23 +1,17 @@
 pkgbase = sam-ba
    pkgdesc = Atmel SAM Boot Assistant
-   pkgver = 3.3.1
-   pkgrel = 2
+   pkgver = 3.7
+   pkgrel = 1
    url = https://github.com/atmelcorp/sam-ba
    arch = x86_64
    license = GPL2
    makedepends = qt5-tools
-   makedepends = clang
+   makedepends = patchelf
    depends = qt5-base
    depends = qt5-serialport
    depends = qt5-declarative
-   source = sam-ba-3.3.1.tar.gz::https://github.com/atmelcorp/sam-ba/archive/v3.3.1.tar.gz
-   source = 0001-Dont-install-thirdparty-libs.patch
-   source = 0002-Dont-rely-on-applicationDirPath.patch
-   source = 0003-Use-newer-qt-version.patch
-   md5sums = e435ec4416dcfb013ab8a07f95ef0ba4
-   md5sums = 7115eaa32335e755fe4b17277a15ca7e
-   md5sums = 1fd871ae02809fcbc3095c169f59ce01
-   md5sums = f938ade40a4b559f6f70cf3929433bbb
+   source = sam-ba-3.7.tar.gz::https://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/aemDocuments/documents/MPU32/ProductDocuments/SoftwareLibraries/Firmware/sam-ba_v3.7-linux_x86_64.tar.gz
+   md5sums = a65bff1cdfea45a5b009f120e89db4d4

 pkgname = sam-ba

diff --git a/0001-Dont-install-thirdparty-libs.patch b/0001-Dont-install-thirdparty-libs.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ba3580b..0000000
--- a/0001-Dont-install-thirdparty-libs.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/dist/dist.pro b/dist/dist.pro
-index ac481c9..2d2baac 100644
---- a/dist/dist.pro
-+++ b/dist/dist.pro
-@@ -32,18 +32,18 @@ unix:{
-       $$[QT_INSTALL_LIBS]/libQt5Qml.so.5 \
-       $$[QT_INSTALL_LIBS]/libQt5Quick.so.5 \
-       $$[QT_INSTALL_LIBS]/libQt5SerialPort.so.5
--  INSTALLS += qtlibs
-+  # INSTALLS += qtlibs
-
-   otherlibs.path = /lib
-   otherlibs.files = \
-       $$[QT_INSTALL_LIBS]/libicudata.so.$$ICU_VERSION \
-       $$[QT_INSTALL_LIBS]/libicui18n.so.$$ICU_VERSION \
-       $$[QT_INSTALL_LIBS]/libicuuc.so.$$ICU_VERSION
--  INSTALLS += otherlibs
-+  # INSTALLS += otherlibs
-
-   qmlmodules.path = /qml
-   qmlmodules.files = $$[QT_INSTALL_QML]/QtQuick.2
--  INSTALLS += qmlmodules
-+  # INSTALLS += qmlmodules
- }
- else:win32:{
-   qtlibs.path = /
diff --git a/0002-Dont-rely-on-applicationDirPath.patch b/0002-Dont-rely-on-applicationDirPath.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d7d6b58..0000000
--- a/0002-Dont-rely-on-applicationDirPath.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/src/tools/sambaengine.cpp b/src/tools/sam-ba/sambaengine.cpp
-index 8f36080..2fda3c2 100644
---- a/src/tools/sam-ba/sambaengine.cpp
-+++ b/src/tools/sam-ba/sambaengine.cpp
-@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ SambaEngine::SambaEngine(QObject *parent)
-   QObject::connect(&m_qmlEngine, &QQmlEngine::warnings,
-                    this, &SambaEngine::engineWarnings);
-
--  // add import path
--  m_qmlEngine.addImportPath(QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath() + "/qml");
--
-   // create metadata object
-   m_metadata = new SambaMetadata(this);
- }
-diff --git a/src/tools/sam-ba/sambametadata.cpp b/src/tools/sambametadata.cpp
-index 1c65370..577303d 100644
---- a/src/tools/sam-ba/sambametadata.cpp
-+++ b/src/tools/sam-ba/sambametadata.cpp
-@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ void SambaMetadata::loadAllMetadata()
- #endif
-       paths = QString::fromLatin1(envImportPath).split(pathSep, QString::SkipEmptyParts);
-   }
--  paths << (QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath() + "/metadata");
-+  paths << "/usr/share/sam-ba/metadata";
-
-   foreach (QString path, paths) {
-       QDir metadataDir(path);
diff --git a/0003-Use-newer-qt-version.patch b/0003-Use-newer-qt-version.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e4d314c..0000000
--- a/0003-Use-newer-qt-version.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- a/dist/dist.pro
-+++ b/dist/dist.pro
-@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
-
- # map Qt version to ICU versions
- equals(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 5) {
--  equals(QT_MINOR_VERSION, 9): ICU_VERSION = 56
-+  equals(QT_MINOR_VERSION, 15): ICU_VERSION = 67
- }
- isEmpty(ICU_VERSION) {
-   error(Unknown QT version)
diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index fcfd6cc..39152d1 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -1,55 +1,34 @@
 # Maintainer: Justin Vreeland <vreeland.justin@gmail.com>
 # Contributor: Streetwalrus <streetwalrus@codewalr.us>
 pkgname=sam-ba
-pkgver=3.3.1
-pkgrel=2
+pkgver=3.7
+pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Atmel SAM Boot Assistant"
 arch=('x86_64')
 url="https://github.com/atmelcorp/sam-ba"
 license=('GPL2')
 depends=('qt5-base' 'qt5-serialport' 'qt5-declarative')
-makedepends=('qt5-tools' 'clang')
-source=("$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz::https://github.com/atmelcorp/sam-ba/archive/v$pkgver.tar.gz"
-        "0001-Dont-install-thirdparty-libs.patch"
-        "0002-Dont-rely-on-applicationDirPath.patch"
-        "0003-Use-newer-qt-version.patch"
-        )
-md5sums=('e435ec4416dcfb013ab8a07f95ef0ba4'
-         '7115eaa32335e755fe4b17277a15ca7e'
-         '1fd871ae02809fcbc3095c169f59ce01'
-         'f938ade40a4b559f6f70cf3929433bbb')
+makedepends=('qt5-tools' 'patchelf')
+source=("$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz::https://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/aemDocuments/documents/MPU32/ProductDocuments/SoftwareLibraries/Firmware/sam-ba_v$pkgver-linux_x86_64.tar.gz")
+md5sums=('a65bff1cdfea45a5b009f120e89db4d4')

 prepare() {
-  cd "${srcdir}/$pkgname-$pkgver"
+  cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}_v${pkgver}-linux_x86_64"

-  patch -Np1 -i ../0001-Dont-install-thirdparty-libs.patch
-  patch -Np1 -i ../0002-Dont-rely-on-applicationDirPath.patch
-  patch -Np1 -i ../0003-Use-newer-qt-version.patch
-  sed -i -e "s/ jlink//" src/plugins/connection/connection.pro
+  patchelf --remove-rpath sam-ba
 }

 build() {
-  cd "${srcdir}/sam-ba-$pkgver"
-
-  mkdir -p build
-  cd build
-
-  qmake ../sam-ba.pro
-  make
+  cd "${srcdir}"
 }

 package() {
-  cd "${srcdir}/sam-ba-$pkgver/build"
-
-  make install INSTALL_ROOT="$PWD/install"
-
-  cd install
+  cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}_v${pkgver}-linux_x86_64"

   mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/bin
   cp sam-ba ${pkgdir}/usr/bin

   mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/lib/qt/qml
-  cp -d lib/* ${pkgdir}/usr/lib
   cp -r qml/SAMBA ${pkgdir}/usr/lib/qt/qml

   mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/share/doc/sam-ba
--
2.38.1

@TomCatT: Look at the 0003-Use-newer-qt-version.patch file and update it to match your installed QT and ICU versions. Currently it's QT 5.15 and ICU 67.

Where in the code does it tell it to check for QT version? I want to '#' it out because I have no idea how to get the QT vesrson other then what qmake displays.

sorry about that wrote out a blank patch when instead of the new version. Should be fixed now.

1) Your .SRCINFO seems out of date, it doesn't have clang as a makedep.

2) The package contains QT libs, which conflict with the actual QT packages, e.g. "sam-ba: /usr/lib/libQt5Core.so.5 exists in filesystem (owned by qt5-base)".

libclang.so is part of the clang package in [extra]. I'm not sure why this would depend on it, but if it really does then clang should be added as a dependency.

Before I installed this I had to grab libclang.so.8. It was an easy fix just search for that library in AUR and your good to go.

Is there a way you can add a checker looking for that library and if it's not there, have it download it for us?

@azagthoth

Edit the "use newer QT" patch, then run updpkgsums. I just updated and it looks like QT is version 5.12 and ICU is version 63.

when I try to build this package I get:

... cd dist/ && ( test -e Makefile || /usr/bin/qmake -o Makefile /home/jonas/Downloads/AUR_Builds/sam-ba/src/sam-ba-3.2.3/dist/dist.pro ) && make -f Makefile Project ERROR: Unknown QT version make: *** [Makefile:98: sub-dist-make_first] Error 3 ==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build(). Aborting...

How can I fix this or make it use an older version of QT?