Pacstall v5.3.1 Skobeloff 
This update is a bugfix update for bugs present in 5.3.0 found and reported by the community. Users can update from Pacstall 4.0.0 or higher with pacstall -U pacstall:master, or reinstall using the deb file.
Developers, Developers, Developers...
Bug fixes
- add missing
pkgbaseoverrides by @oklopfer (#1176) - accept child
pkgbasecalls for local pacscripts by @oklopfer (#1177)
For the Pacscript Maintainers
Note
This update addresses a new feature from the 5.3.0 (Release).
Refer to the release notes when updating pacscripts in the official or third party repos.
pkgbase overrides
depends was missing from .SRCINFO generation for child packages. checkconflicts has also been enabled for overrides.
child pkgbase calls for local scripts
You may run the following syntax, like from an upstream repo, to install child packages:
pacstall -I /path/to/package.pacscript # brings up the prompt
pacstall -I /path/to/package.pacscript:pkgbase # brings up the prompt
pacstall -I /path/to/package.pacscript:${child} # selects only the childPacscript for this releases Deb
pkgname="pacstall"
pkgver="5.3.1"
pkgdesc="An AUR-inspired package manager for Ubuntu
Pacstall is the AUR Ubuntu wishes it had. It takes the concept of the AUR
and puts a spin on it, making it easier to install and update downstream programs,
without scouring github repos and the likes."
url='https://pacstall.dev'
depends=(
'bash'
'curl'
'wget'
'git'
'unzip'
'zstd'
'tar'
'sensible-utils'
'iputils-ping'
'lsb-release'
'aptitude'
'bubblewrap'
'build-essential'
'jq'
'distro-info-data'
)
optdepends=(
"axel: faster file downloads"
"ninja-build: common building tool"
"meson: common building tool"
"spdx-licenses: commonly provided licenses"
)
maintainer=(
"Pacstall Team <pacstall@pm.me>"
"Elsie19 <hwengerstickel@pm.me>"
)
backup=('usr/share/pacstall/repo/pacstallrepo' 'usr/share/pacstall/update')
source=("https://github.com/pacstall/pacstall/archive/refs/tags/${pkgver}.zip")
prepare() {
cd "${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
mkdir -p "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/"
mkdir -p "${pkgdir}/usr/share/pacstall/scripts/"
mkdir -p "${pkgdir}/usr/share/pacstall/repo/"
mkdir -p "${pkgdir}/usr/share/man/man8/"
mkdir -p "${pkgdir}/usr/share/bash-completion/completions"
mkdir -p "${pkgdir}/usr/share/fish/vendor_completions.d"
mkdir -p "${pkgdir}/var/log/pacstall/error_log/"
mkdir -p "${pkgdir}/var/lib/pacstall/metadata/"
mkdir -p "${pkgdir}/var/cache/pacstall/"
mkdir -p "${pkgdir}/usr/src/pacstall/"
}
package() {
cd "${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
install -Dm755 pacstall "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/"
install -Dm755 "misc/scripts"/* "${pkgdir}/usr/share/pacstall/scripts/"
gzip -9n misc/pacstall.8
install "misc/pacstall.8.gz" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/man/man8/"
install "misc/completion/fish" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/fish/vendor_completions.d/pacstall.fish"
install "misc/completion/bash" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/pacstall"
echo "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pacstall/pacstall-programs/master" | tee "${pkgdir}/usr/share/pacstall/repo/pacstallrepo" > /dev/null
}