TCET Linux PKGBUILD

TCET Linux PKGBUILD is a repository that contains all the PKGBUILD files for TCET Linux Applications and Utilities

What are PKGBUILD files ?

A PKGBUILD file is a shell script that contains the build information required by Arch Linux packages. It is used by the makepkg utility to build and install packages.

Usage

These PKGBUILD files are used to generate .zst files which can be uploaded to our main package repository which makes the updated version of the package available to all TCET Linux users.

Instructions to create a package:

Important Note:

• It is important to update the pkgrel variable present in the PKGBUILD. We need to increment it by 1 every time we build a package
• The format for the pkgver variable in the PKGBUILD is yy.mm where yy and mm Represent the current year month respectively

1. Clone this repository using git

git clone https://github.com/tcet-opensource/tcet-linux-pkgbuild.git

2. Change into the required application's directory and run

makepkg -s

This will generate a package_name.tar.zst file

3. Upload the package to the package repository

We host a main package repository and testing package repository. First, upload to the testing package repository and test the changes If everything works as expected then upload the package to the main this will make the package available to all TCET Linux users.

Automation for PKGBUILDs

We are currently trying to automate this process by writing a bash script for the steps above :

TCET Linux Automation Scripts

Important Links

TCET Linux Testing Package Repository

TCET Linux Main Package Repository