Recent changes to Archlinux_Build

Archlinux_Build modified by Peter Howkins

Peter Howkins — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 13:34:05 -0000

--- v14
+++ v15
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-**These instruction were done on ArchLinux 2018.06.05, your milage may vary.**
+**These instruction were done on ArchLinux 2018.06.05 and 2026.01.01, your milage may vary.**

 Table of Contents

@@ -29,10 +29,20 @@
 * tcl

 ## Build and install the following AUR repositories:
+
+On Arch 2026.01.01 you can just install the packages
+
+ * ksh
+ * ncompress
+
+Whereas on older Arch they may need to be compiled
+
 git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/ksh.git
 git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/ncompress.git

 ## Create /lib/cpp symlink:
+
+(This was not needed on Arch 2026.01.01

 The system does not symlink /usr/bin/cpp to /lib/cpp anymore which breaks the CDE compile.  As root:

Archlinux_Build modified by Peter Howkins

Peter Howkins — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 13:31:17 -0000

--- v13
+++ v14
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 * libtool
 * make
 * rpcsvc-proto
+* rpcbind
 * opensp
 * xorg
 * xorg-server-devel
@@ -39,6 +40,13 @@

 You must make this symlink before you compile or you won't get far.

+## Make sure rpcbind is running
+
+The desktop tt (tooltalk) messaging service requires rpc (remote procedure call)
+
+systemctl enable rpcbind
+systemctl start rpcbind
+
 # Build and Install

 At this point, go to the *Compiling* section on the [LinuxBuild] page, and continue from there.

Archlinux_Build modified by Peter Howkins

Peter Howkins — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 13:11:09 -0000

--- v12
+++ v13
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 * autoconf
 * automake
 * libtool
+* make
+* rpcsvc-proto
+* opensp
 * xorg
 * xorg-server-devel
 * gcc

Archlinux_Build modified by Peter Howkins

Peter Howkins — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 13:07:47 -0000

--- v11
+++ v12
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@

 # Preparation
 ## Install packages:
+* autoconf
+* automake
+* libtool
 * xorg
 * xorg-server-devel
 * gcc

Discussion for Archlinux_Build page

Roger Brown — Thu, 11 Aug 2022 23:49:09 -0000

PKGBUILD for 2.5.0
https://sourceforge.net/p/rhubarb-pi/code/HEAD/tree/branches/pacman/pkg/cdesktopenv/PKGBUILD

Discussion for Archlinux_Build page

WHR — Thu, 18 Feb 2021 14:16:12 -0000

Package rpcsvc-proto is required for rpcgen(1) command.

Discussion for Archlinux_Build page

Thomas Stein — Sun, 08 Dec 2019 09:36:40 -0000

As of CDE release 2.2.4a this step is no longer required.

Archlinux_Build modified by Jon Trulson

Jon Trulson — Sat, 22 Sep 2018 21:41:49 -0000

--- v10
+++ v11
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 * xbitmaps
 * bison
 * flex
+* tcl

 ## Build and install the following AUR repositories:
 git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/ksh.git

Archlinux_Build modified by Jon Trulson

Jon Trulson — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 02:38:12 -0000

--- v9
+++ v10
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 **These instruction were done on ArchLinux 2018.06.05, your milage may vary.**
+
+Table of Contents

 [TOC]

Archlinux_Build modified by Jon Trulson

Jon Trulson — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 02:28:55 -0000

--- v8
+++ v9
@@ -1,37 +1,36 @@
 **These instruction were done on ArchLinux 2018.06.05, your milage may vary.**

-Install packages:
----
-xorg
-xorg-server-devel
-gcc
-dnsutils
-git
-libxinerama
-libxss
-ncurses
-openmotif
-rpcbind
-xbitmaps
-bison
-flex
+[TOC]

-Build and install the following AUR repositories:
----
+# Preparation
+## Install packages:
+* xorg
+* xorg-server-devel
+* gcc
+* dnsutils
+* git
+* libxinerama
+* libxss
+* ncurses
+* openmotif
+* rpcbind
+* xbitmaps
+* bison
+* flex
+
+## Build and install the following AUR repositories:
 git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/ksh.git
 git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/ncompress.git

-Create /lib/cpp symlink:
----
+## Create /lib/cpp symlink:

-The system does not symlink /usr/bin/cpp to /lib/cpp anymore which breaks the CDE compile.
+The system does not symlink /usr/bin/cpp to /lib/cpp anymore which breaks the CDE compile.  As root:

     ln -s /usr/bin/cpp /lib/cpp

-You must make this symlink before you compile.
+You must make this symlink before you compile or you won't get far.

-Build and Install
----
+# Build and Install

-See the *Compiling* section on [LinuxBuild], for these steps.
+At this point, go to the *Compiling* section on the [LinuxBuild] page, and continue from there.