Hi, I want to install ‘yaourt’ tool on my Manjaro Desktop, do below:
> git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yaourt.git
> cd yaourt/
> makepkg -si
....
# Scripts
/usr/bin/env install -m755 yaourt.sh /home/mengz/tmp/yaourt/pkg/yaourt/usr/bin/yaourt
cp: invalid option -- 'm'
Try 'cp --help' for more information.
cp: invalid option -- 'm'
...
cp: invalid option -- 'm'
Try 'cp --help' for more information.
make: *** [Makefile:46: install] Error 1
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in package().
Aborting...
Always get the cp error, what’s this problem?
Aditional information, I installed ‘yay’ successfully, but when I install ‘lsyncd’ package from AUR via ‘yay’, also get the cp error:
> yay -S lsyncd
...
[100%] Built target lsyncd
Install the project...
-- Install configuration: ""
-- Installing: /home/mengz/.cache/yay/lsyncd/pkg/lsyncd/usr/bin/lsyncd
-- Installing: /home/mengz/.cache/yay/lsyncd/pkg/lsyncd/usr/man/lsyncd.1
cp: invalid option -- 'D'
Try 'cp --help' for more information.
cp: invalid option -- 'D'
...
cp: invalid option -- 'D'
Try 'cp --help' for more information.
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in package().
Aborting...
error making: lsyncd
does anything else work with yay? try installing something else
Do you have any alias’s on your system?
Like for example install = cp or something. Can be seen in your ~/.bashrc.
The reason I ask, is that the PKGBUILD’s use the install command, and your system complains about cp not having those options, but install does.
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mine is this :-
> alias
cp='cp -i'
df='df -h'
free='free -m'
gitu='git add . && git commit && git push'
run-help=man
which-command=whence
Look inside the PKGBUILD - it is common to use cp to copy the files from $src_dir to $pkg_dir
The PKGBUILD in question is using cp with an invalid option/argument - to fix it you must locate the command and fix it - the error already indicates what to look for - the m option
Instead of using a helper do it manually - clone the AUR content - cd into the folder and edit the PKGBUILD - then run makepkg to test the build - if it works you will get a package you can install with pacman -U
The same goes for this one - albeit another error message
Actually it uses “install” to put the files.
https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/PKGBUILD?h=lsyncd
As @Strit already mentioned he must have some alias mapping “install” to “cp”…
@mengzyou Check your aliases with alias
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You are right - it appears I was confused by the cp message which lead me to think the cp command was used in the PKGBUILD
In my .bashrc,
alias cp="cp -i" # confirm before overwriting something
alias df='df -h' # human-readable sizes
alias free='free -m' # show sizes in MB
alias np='nano -w PKGBUILD'
alias more=less
No alias for ‘install’.
And
❯ install --version
install (GNU coreutils) 8.32
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It’s strange, I lost my home dir, and recreate it, now the yay works, no cp errors now.
Oh could you explain this last post a bit more?
Sorry, I do not know how to explain this, as the disk partition of home directory was broken, so I recreated the user home directory, then I try the yay -S lsyncd, no cp error any more.