Re: [arch-general] Question about packaging a library (AUR)

2020-07-21 Thread brent s.
On 7/21/20 12:46 PM, Eli Schwartz via arch-general wrote: > > Dominik, > > $ pkg-config gstreamer-1.0 --variable=pluginsdir > > It's not an option to provide the library in /usr/bin, but a usable > workaround would be to symlink the binary in /usr/bin but install it in > /opt/transcribe/. Check

Re: [arch-general] Question about packaging a library (AUR)

2020-07-21 Thread Eli Schwartz via arch-general
On 7/21/20 12:16 PM, Aneesh Raghavan via arch-general wrote: > On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 8:25 AM Dominik Schrempf via arch-general > wrote: >> I tried to provide the videosection library in /usr/lib, but that doesn't >> work. >> I don't feel comfortable providing the library in /usr/bin. Do you kno

Re: [arch-general] Question about packaging a library (AUR)

2020-07-21 Thread lists
On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 05:25:26PM +0200, Dominik Schrempf via arch-general wrote: > Do you know an appropriate way to deal with such cases? Is it > preferable to install the executable in a separate folder alongside > the library? For example, /opt/transcribe? It seems your AUR package is distri

Re: [arch-general] Question about packaging a library (AUR)

2020-07-21 Thread Aneesh Raghavan via arch-general
On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 8:25 AM Dominik Schrempf via arch-general wrote: > I tried to provide the videosection library in /usr/lib, but that doesn't > work. > I don't feel comfortable providing the library in /usr/bin. Do you know an > appropriate way to deal with such cases? Is it preferable to

[arch-general] Question about packaging a library (AUR)

2020-07-21 Thread Dominik Schrempf via arch-general
Hello, I am the maintainer of the 'transcribe' AUR package. Recently, I have received a request (cc) about also packaging and providing a proprietary library that comes along with 'transcribe'. I quote: * videosection, a special plugin provided by us as part of the download, can be found in the f