Make files dependency

[herbie]

Just thtowing this out here as a hopeful addition,
We all know someone will install a package from the AUR and it will have to be compiled,
My thought is this:
why not have
make automake patch and I believe autoconf
as they are require for selections from the AUR,
I had to install them so I could install for example
aur/xfce4-docklike-plugin
among others.

Like I said, just a thought.

[cscs]

In every introduction to the AUR it mentions you need prerequisites; packages that will be assumed to be installed and not listed in any PKGBUILD dependencies.

Be sure you have the necessary files for building applications from source
user $ pamac install base-devel git

https://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository

Users can search and download PKGBUILDs from the AUR Web Interface. These PKGBUILDs can be built into installable packages using makepkg, then installed using pacman.

• Ensure base-devel is installed.
• Glance over the #Frequently asked questions for answers to the most common questions.

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

[Locutus]

I’ve said it before both base-devel and git should already be installed.