Arch Linux User Repository

@mgr That's where the binary gets installed because this is a binary package that just rebundles the upstream Electron distribution. The binary can't be moved relative to the rest of the Electron bundle. If you want something with more normal Linux system norms I recommend the marktext package instead of marktext-bin. It uses the Arch system Electron packages and adds a launcher script in /usr/bin.

Updated pkgbuild (just changed pkgver and worked around errors):

# Maintainer: Alfin Bakhtiar Ilhami <alfin at nuclea dot id>

pkgname=marktext-bin
_pkgname=marktext
pkgver=0.16.1
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc='A simple and elegant open-source markdown editor that focused on speed and usability.'
arch=('x86_64')
url='https://marktext.app'
license=('MIT')
provides=('marktext')
conflicts=('marktext')
depends=('gtk3' 'libxss' 'nss')

_source() {
    local _github=https://github.com/marktext/marktext

    # Binary tarball
    echo $pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz::$_github/releases/download/v$pkgver/$_pkgname-x64.tar.gz

    # Desktop entry
    echo $pkgname-$pkgver.desktop::$_github/raw/v$pkgver/resources/linux/$_pkgname.desktop

    # Icons
    for s in 16 24 32 48 64 128 256 512; do
        echo $pkgname-${s}x${s}.png::$_github/raw/v$pkgver/resources/icons/${s}x${s}/$_pkgname.png
    done
}
source=($(_source))

prepare() {
    # Change desktop entry to execute /usr/lib/marktext/marktext
    sed -i "s|Exec=.*|Exec=/usr/lib/marktext/marktext %F|" \
        "$srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver.desktop"
}

package() {
    install -d "$pkgdir/usr/lib"
    cp -rT "$srcdir/$_pkgname-x64" "$pkgdir/usr/lib/$_pkgname"

    # Install desktop entry
    install -Dm644 "$srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver.desktop" \
        "$pkgdir/usr/share/applications/$_pkgname.desktop"

    # Install icons
    for s in 16 24 32 48 64 128 256 512; do
        install -Dm644 "$srcdir/$pkgname-${s}x${s}.png" \
            "$pkgdir/usr/share/icons/hicolor/${s}x${s}/apps/$_pkgname.png"
    done

    # Install licenses
    install -Dt "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/$_pkgname" -m644 \
        "$srcdir/$_pkgname-x64/"{LICENSE,LICENSE.electron.txt,LICENSES.chromium.html}
}

sha512sums=('42e3d0e255fb06c667b5df1b540d3a2b8b863360c5f6aae653c38d7e1cd7455b5f46480cd9f138b3f1e2c3122042949b5c4fc224c8be03466d69ffc13a1006e6'
            '419b20d75376c2992d47c0f2b445795be716de0bb3f670d52d2e492fe3331c6aae7a898d2ea82259777d5eea68910440de99217aeee1edd585d7f4bb09388f99'
            '2d700fb2af037ade7c66e328e90eacfec27fe25d3ee42487f00978450a81bc9275622404cad821a41b4f5a767d9f7afbbe614ed7a0ddbc95d879fb57beef79e2'
            '52a8a7f28f620738e06253243e3156d09bc6f9cec6ab49caa2e3674e57be0378d5ab6bc28028ee08caaebd7b197c383ed5f08a5c1c8cb9dce6c9b1c90abb932e'
            '840ec0fc95ebeff29902d984113b91906ca5c3fc598fdd515a9b475a373d0c96bcee0c6bb146c8e99ccef2c616db0ee1ddfc44573d78ce9077b4bc2fab1c41e8'
            '39ee566a087950b88c165903ee00a86ab6f6c7fe9c86d715fdc87af144e47b06713f604e10ff09c0d9dde5a62a160376e20657a5d1dcb68d1b1901f976741336'
            '9bd243eda4888d8ae15991d9595d1dcf7992c00b4193406b7cc7e74ae86c1afcd1948979710494b65d504807a9393edd6c01ff3125776ebf5eb3061f29b57dd4'
            '7b2a5ee74bbc24e10940ac7ef0bf82f9d73c7d981f8d5a90bb58fc857a417176d69a77995b43eb696ddb0d237c11dccd4ae6ed337accc0a27ab54f1bcdc2064d'
            '3461f1c9cb29e103861101dc3ed0c6f24536d99bab78182b12c296a09ce7a9d249620e9788526184311af761a994b846877c84161922a7d0a0355f178d1aa4fc'
            '2effb4e6be7f68f3c55b98c0d7c41a23bf4b1a5e9bf3d1544a5f642ef8764c63cb75bdc98b039278948dd21185899142fc688c6f70a3d38f8e6af54aefbda00c')

Why does the binary get installed to '/usr/lib/marktext/marktext'?

Hi, thank you for packaging this software. The checksum for icon64.png seems to be wrong...

Cheers !