Tag: pikaur

Error “TypeError: ‘AURPackageInfo’ does not have attribute ‘submitter’” (SOLVED)

Posted by Alex On December 5, 2022

pikaur is a utility for facilitating the installation and updating of programs from the AUR. You can read more about pikaur in the article “Automatic installation and update of AUR packages”.

pikaur's options are similar to pacman, but you don't need to use sudo. For example, updating all packages is done with the following command:

pikaur -Syu

On my Arch Linux (BlackArch) I once got the following error:

Reading AUR packages info...
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pikaur/main.py", line 369, in main
    cli_entry_point()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pikaur/main.py", line 272, in cli_entry_point
    run_with_sudo_loop(pikaur_operation)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pikaur/core.py", line 417, in run_with_sudo_loop
    raise catched_exc
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pikaur/core.py", line 411, in run_with_sudo_loop
    result = main_thread.get()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/multiprocessing/pool.py", line 774, in get
    raise self._value
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/multiprocessing/pool.py", line 125, in worker
    result = (True, func(*args, **kwds))
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pikaur/main.py", line 136, in cli_install_packages
    InstallPackagesCLI()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pikaur/install_cli.py", line 186, in __init__
    self.main_sequence()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pikaur/install_cli.py", line 193, in main_sequence
    self.get_all_packages_info()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pikaur/install_cli.py", line 273, in get_all_packages_info
    self.install_info = InstallInfoFetcher(
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pikaur/install_info_fetcher.py", line 71, in __init__
    self.get_all_packages_info()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pikaur/install_info_fetcher.py", line 212, in get_all_packages_info
    self.get_aur_pkgs_info(self.not_found_repo_pkgs_names)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pikaur/install_info_fetcher.py", line 468, in get_aur_pkgs_info
    aur_updates_list, not_found_aur_pkgs = find_aur_updates()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pikaur/updates.py", line 125, in find_aur_updates
    aur_pkgs_info, not_found_aur_pkgs = find_aur_packages(package_names)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pikaur/aur.py", line 184, in find_aur_packages
    results = [request.get() for request in requests]
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pikaur/aur.py", line 184, in <listcomp>
    results = [request.get() for request in requests]
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/multiprocessing/pool.py", line 774, in get
    raise self._value
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/multiprocessing/pool.py", line 125, in worker
    result = (True, func(*args, **kwds))
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pikaur/aur.py", line 143, in aur_rpc_info_with_progress
    result = aur_rpc_info(search_queries)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pikaur/aur.py", line 133, in aur_rpc_info
    return [
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pikaur/aur.py", line 134, in <listcomp>
    AURPackageInfo(**{key.lower(): value for key, value in aur_json.items()})
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pikaur/aur.py", line 60, in __init__
    super().__init__(**kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pikaur/core.py", line 88, in __init__
    setattr(self, key, value)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pikaur/core.py", line 102, in __setattr__
    raise TypeError(

TypeError: 'AURPackageInfo' does not have attribute 'submitter'

To fix this error, you need to reinstall pikaur. To reinstall pikaur, run the following commands:

git clone https://github.com/actionless/pikaur.git
cd pikaur
makepkg -fsri

If an error occurs

fatal: destination path 'pikaur' already exists and is not an empty directory.

Then instead of the previous ones, run the following commands:

cd pikaur
git pull
makepkg -fsri

In my case, when installing pikaur, the following dependencies were additionally installed:

python-mdurl
python-pep517
python-uc-micro-py
python-build
python-installer
python-markdown-it-py

After that, pikaur began to work without errors.

How to download a package without installation in Arch Linux and Manjaro. How to download the AUR package source code

Posted by Alex On May 22, 2022

How to download a package with pacman (from standard repositories)

To download a package without installing it, use the -w option:

sudo pacman -Sw PACKAGE

By default, the package will be downloaded to pacman's package cache directory, with the --cachedir option you can specify any other directory to save the package to:

sudo pacman -Sw --cachedir DIRECTORY PACKAGE

For example, the following command will download the iw package installation file to the current directory (--cachedir .):

sudo pacman -Sw --cachedir . iw

How to download an installation package and source code from the AUR

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Packages from the Arch User Repository (AUR) are not so simple, since there are no ready-made installation packages in the AUR. Instead of installation packages, the AUR necessarily contains PKGBUILD files, which contain commands for building the package to be installed. In addition to the PKGBUILD file, other necessary files may also be present, such as patches for modifying the source code. Source code files and binaries are usually absent from the AUR repositories, instead, links and commands for downloading all necessary files and source code are written in the PKGBUILD file.

Therefore, there may be several options for downloading AUR packages:

package repository (PKGBUILD file and other related files)
all files needed to build the package (source code files and other files downloaded in PKGBUILD)
a ready-to-install package that is not available elsewhere and is built directly on the user's computer

Let's consider all these situations.

How to download the AUR repository

To download (clone) a repository from the AUR, you need to know its URL. The repository address can be viewed with a command like:

pikaur-Si PACKAGE

For example:

pikaur -Si deadbeef-git

In the output of the previous command, notice the line “AUR Git URL”:

AUR Git URL     : https://aur.archlinux.org/deadbeef-git.git

To download (clone) use the following command:

git clone AUR_GIT_URL

For example:

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/deadbeef-git.git

How to download AUR source code

Consider the following problem:

I need to change the source code in the program (meaning not the PKGBUILD file). How to download source files and unzip them?

To download the source code, you need to start by cloning the AUR repository, for this you need to know its URL. The repository address can be viewed with a command like:

pikaur-Si PACKAGE

For example:

pikaur -Si deadbeef-git

In the output of the previous command, notice the line “AUR Git URL”:

AUR Git URL     : https://aur.archlinux.org/deadbeef-git.git

To download (clone) use the following command:

git clone AUR_GIT_URL

For example:

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/deadbeef-git.git

Go to the folder with the downloaded repository

cd deadbeef-git/

To download and extract files, use the following command:

makepkg -o

If you want to skip dependency checking, then add the -d option:

makepkg -od

The result of the previous commands will be to download the source code files needed to build the setup file from the AUR.

You can edit the files to suit your needs, and then build the installation file and install the package from it with the following command:

makepkg -si

If, as a result of your actions, the package cannot be built due to a checksum mismatch, then use the following options:

  --nocheck        Do not run the check() function in the PKGBUILD
  --skipchecksums  Do not verify checksums of the source files
  --skipinteg      Do not perform any verification checks on source files
  --skippgpcheck   Do not verify source files with PGP signatures

How to download the installation file from the AUR

As mentioned above, this is a slightly incorrect formulation of the problem, since the installation files are missing in the AUR.

To get the installation file, use the following set of commands:

git clone AUR_GIT_URL
cd PACKAGE_DIRECTORY
makepkg -s

For example, downloading the source code, compiling the program, and building the installation package for deadbeef-git:

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/deadbeef-git.git
cd deadbeef-git/
makepkg -s

The command completed without errors:

As a result of the command, a file with the *.pkg.tar.zst extension was created (in this case, it is deadbeef-git-r10944.4469d86c7-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst):

How to view package information in Arch Linux (BlackArch, Manjaro)

Posted by Alex On February 18, 2021

For each package in the system, you can find out such information as: version number, description, developer site, dependencies, recommended dependencies, packages with which there is a conflict, size, etc.

The commands described in this post work the same in Arch Linux, as well as all distributions based on it, such as BlackArch, Manjaro and others.

If you are interested in very brief information about the package - description, version number, and whether the package is installed, then you can use a command like this:

pacman -Ss PACKAGE-NAME

To display all available information about a package, use a command like:

pacman -Si PACKAGE_NAME

To view information about a package installed from the AUR, use a command like:

pikaur -Si PACKAGE NAME

For pikaur see the detailed article “Automatic installation and update of AUR packages”.

In addition to the usual information such as version, description, site address, dependencies, and more, the pikaur command will also show information typical of the AUR: ratings, popularity, when it was first presented, and so on.

So, using the -Si option and pacman or pikaur commands, you can display information about any package.

How to completely uninstall a package along with dependencies on Arch Linux (as well as BlackArch and Manjaro)

Posted by Alex On February 18, 2021

This tutorial uses pacman as the package management (uninstallation) program, but you can also use pikaur or yay instead, since the options discussed are the same for all these package managers.

A typical command to uninstall a program that will remove all package files:

sudo pacman -R PACKAGE

Indeed it will remove the specified package, but the configuration files of the package will remain, which will be renamed - the .pacsave extension has been added, and the dependencies that were installed for this package will remain.

To completely remove the program along with all its dependencies and without saving the configuration files, use a command like this:

sudo pacman -Rscun PACKAGE

This command uses the following options:

-c, --cascade

Remove all target packages, as well as all packages that depend on one or more target packages. This operation is recursive and must be used with caution as it can remove many potentially needed packages.

-n, --nosave

Instructs pacman to ignore backup configuration files. Usually, when a package is removed from the system, the database checks whether the configuration file should be renamed (the .pacsave extension is appended to it). When using this option, this does not happen - the configuration files are completely deleted.

-s, --recursive

Removes every specified target, including all its dependencies, provided that: (A) they are not required by other packages; and (B) they were not explicitly installed by the user. This operation is recursive and similar to the reverse --sync operation, and it helps to keep the system clean without orphans. If you want to skip condition (B), write the option twice.

-u, --unneeded

Removes targets that are not required by other packages. This is mostly useful when removing a group without using the -c option to avoid breaking any dependencies.

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