mkinitcpio says "file not found" even though it exists | Arch Linux Community | Page 1

radiant obsidian Apr 18, 2023, 4:17 AM

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ls

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It will tell you if it is within the directory your in

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Make sure your in the directory

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Use cd

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Example: cd Desktop/folder/

trail wraith Apr 18, 2023, 4:18 AM

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yea I know

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I am cd'd to /

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and then ls'ed

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and it's right there

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crypto_keyfile.bin

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I am a clown I spelled it wrong

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im stupid

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my bad

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unrelatedly, how can I get an AUR package while I am still in the installer

radiant obsidian Apr 18, 2023, 4:20 AM

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Use git

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Or install yay or yaru

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Install yay
sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git
cd yay
makepkg -si

yay --version
use the version to verify that it works

trail wraith Apr 18, 2023, 4:21 AM

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cant use makepkg as root

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I tried that right away

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I tried su nobody

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it freaked out

radiant obsidian Apr 18, 2023, 4:22 AM

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?

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are you in chroot?

trail wraith Apr 18, 2023, 4:22 AM

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yea

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im using the installer USB rn

radiant obsidian Apr 18, 2023, 4:22 AM

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You’re already in su

trail wraith Apr 18, 2023, 4:23 AM

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ah

radiant obsidian Apr 18, 2023, 4:23 AM

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Add other repo to the iso if you want

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Or install the package onto a usb and install it from that

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E.g. compiling all the package with the iso

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The list goes on

trail wraith Apr 18, 2023, 4:25 AM

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is PKGBUILD just bash?

radiant obsidian Apr 18, 2023, 4:26 AM

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Ye

trail wraith Apr 18, 2023, 4:26 AM

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i will just run it as a sh then

radiant obsidian Apr 18, 2023, 4:26 AM

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Its a script that builds the package

trail wraith Apr 18, 2023, 4:26 AM

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because I need to install this while still chrooted

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https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/grub-improved-luks2-git

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this is the package

radiant obsidian Apr 18, 2023, 4:26 AM

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makepkg —syncdeps

trail wraith Apr 18, 2023, 4:27 AM

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same root error

radiant obsidian Apr 18, 2023, 4:28 AM

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Post the error

trail wraith Apr 18, 2023, 4:28 AM

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"ERROR: running makepkg as root is not allowed as it can cause permanent, catastrophic damage to your system."

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i just want to use my PC -_-

radiant obsidian Apr 18, 2023, 4:30 AM

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That’s because makepkg isnt meant to run at root

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Use chmod on the file

trail wraith Apr 18, 2023, 4:30 AM

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and do what

radiant obsidian Apr 18, 2023, 4:30 AM

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https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/File_permissions_and_attributes

File permissions and attributes

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The issue if with permission

trail wraith Apr 18, 2023, 4:30 AM

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idt it's a chmod issue

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it just wont let root run makepkg

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at all

radiant obsidian Apr 18, 2023, 4:31 AM

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makepkg wont ever run in root

trail wraith Apr 18, 2023, 4:32 AM

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i will just try my best to get around it i suppose

radiant obsidian Apr 18, 2023, 4:32 AM

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chmod who=permissions filename

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Or

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Try to use wget

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Then tar xvzf file.tar

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After that run makepkg

trail wraith Apr 18, 2023, 4:39 AM

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if i cant run makepkg then none of the other stuff I can do will help

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I'm just running PKGBUILD as a bash file

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oh well

radiant obsidian Apr 18, 2023, 4:40 AM

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harold1 not sure if it will run gl

trail wraith Apr 18, 2023, 4:42 AM

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it seems to be doing a lot of gcc commands

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it might be okay?

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uh

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idk how to test if it works

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hmm

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well I have grub packages

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I didnt earlier

supple tapir Apr 18, 2023, 6:06 AM

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trail wraith cant use makepkg as root

makepkg itself is a shell script
You can comment out the part that checks if you are root

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Not recommended on a normal install for sure but if you need the fix now you can do that and revert the changes after

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