AUR Packaging Guide

• Create a directory for your packages if it does not exist. Call it AUR.

mkdir $HOME/AUR

• Generate an SSH key pair named aur:

  ssh-keygen -f ~/.ssh/aur

• Copy the public key and add it to your AUR account: https://aur.archlinux.org
• Configure SSH for authentication:

  nano ~/.ssh/config

  Host aur.archlinux.org
       IdentityFile ~/.ssh/aur
       User aur

• Clone the repository for your package:

  cd ~/AUR
  git clone ssh://aur@aur.archlinux.org/pkgname.git
  cd pkgname/

  Note:
  - If it’s a new package, Git will say "You have cloned an empty directory".
  - If it’s an existing package, you’ll have the repo with all files already there.
• Go into the cloned repository and add a .gitignore file with * inside. This ignores everything unless you force-add it with git add -f filename.
• Sanity-check the PKGBUILD using namecap:

  namecap PKGBUILD

  No results mean your PKGBUILD is good to go.
• Build the package to ensure it compiles correctly. Update the SHA256 sums:

  updpkgsums

• Every time before pushing, update .SRCINFO:

  makepkg --printsrcinfo > .SRCINFO

• Add the PKGBUILD and .SRCINFO files:

  git add -f PKGBUILD .SRCINFO

• Commit your changes:

  git commit -m "Your commit message"

• Push to the AUR:

  git push

Et voilà