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PKGBUILD Updated (v1-4), now it installs everything

I had to add: mkdir -p "${pkgdir}/usr/local/bin" on line 132 to get this to package properly.

@FlashNoob98 I needed LabVIEW for a Uni course I recently completed, so I really had my mind set on getting it to work on Linux.

Also I've never really done anything like maintaining a package before so I'd definitely have to pass on that one 😅😅, but I'd be happy to help you out in any way I could tho, like maybe sending you the PKGBUILD I used with the changes I made to it

@RealYaddie I have no idea on what the network problem could be caused by.. I like that you solved all the problems in the MAKEPKG, I just copied this file from the labview-2021 aur package, if you want to maintain it there is no problem :')

I'm trying to install this version of LabVIEW using the ISO you provided and the PKGBUILD. I had an error with the prepare() function where because the ${srcdir} wasn't surrounded in double quotes it would Abort there.

prepare() {
-    cd ${srcdir}
+    cd "${srcdir}"
    for file in ${source[@]}; do if [ ${file: -4} == ".rpm" ]; then bsdtar -xf "${file#file://}"; fi; done
}

I fixed this and the installation progressed further but now I'm getting this error that's preventing me from going any further.

==> Starting package()...

cp: target 'Linux/rpm/pkg/labview-2022/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/mimetypes/': No such file or directory

==> ERROR: A failure occurred in package(). Aborting...

@FlashNoob98 Do you have any idea of why I'd be getting this error and any possible solutions to this error?

P.S: Not sure if this would change anything, but I'm using EndeavourOS.

Edit

The failure in the package() function was caused by 2 instances of ${pkgdir} on lines 123&124 not being quoted in double-quotes. Once I did that the package was created and successfully installed.

  for file in "${pkgdir}"/opt/natinst/LabVIEW-"2022-64"/etc/desktop/icons/48x48/application-x-*.png; do
-    cp "$file" ${pkgdir}/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/mimetypes/
-    cp "$file" ${pkgdir}/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/mimetypes/
+    cp "$file" "${pkgdir}"/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/mimetypes/
+    cp "$file" "${pkgdir}"/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/mimetypes/

  done

However, I ran into another issue after installing it. When I tried to run the LabVIEW program I got an error that basically said I didn't have permissions to run it, because it was installed in the /opt directory.
I'm not sure if this is safe to do or even if its a best practice or something, but to fix this issue I ran chown on the directory: sudo chown "${USER}" /opt/natinst/ -R and t hat fixed the issue for me.

After I did this everything ran okay for the most part, the only other thing that's bugging me now is that occasionally simple tasks in LabVIEW like right-clicking or even creating a new Project will cause the entire program to freeze for several seconds or even a minute. I'm not sure if this is because of the chown I did or if it's simply just my laptop being old, but aside from that it works fine for me.

@FlashNoob98 thanks for this package 🫰🫰

Edit 2

Program still works for me, I'm able to do anything as long as it doesn't require HTTP Protocols. Whenever I try run any program that has to connect to the internet for anything I get the following error:

Error -1967362015 occurred at LabVIEWHTTPClient.lvlib:OpenHandle.vi:6450001

Possible reasons(s):

OS and Network Services Failed to load library.

Complete call chain: LabVIEWHTTPClient.lvlib:OpenHandle.vi:6450001 Example in Class.vi

@hasechris in this version avrually there is a direct link to the ISO file but it's my first package, I'm a newbie and I don't know / I didn't have time to create the script to double extract the files from iso, if you are capable of it make a pull request or I will try it when I will have more time. Unfortunately it's not my fault if the program is licensed and they tends to move the download link sometimes

Just my humble opinion.

Im really sorry but WTF is this package a bullshit. It doesnt work by just installing it from pamac (does not state i have to do anything special) and by comming to this page i have to find i need the full license account and a seperate download?

What a crap.

@Balku I updated the checksums and file list

Hi, rpm versions of PKGBUILD and iso are slightly off. e.g.: PKGBUILD is looking for this: <file://labview-2022-exe-libs-22.3.0.49363-0+f211.x86_64.rpm> Iso has this: <labview-2022-exe-libs-22.3.1.49152-0+f0.x86_64.rpm> Possibly hashes are different too.

Is there any workaround for this?

PKGBUILD Updated (v1-4), now it installs everything