Package-Request

How to request a new Package (.SBUILD)

• This is only for people who can't write their own .SBUILD

• If you want to try: https://docs.pkgforge.dev/sbuild/instructions

• Please do not request Prebuilds, see: Bincache/Package-Request OR Pkgcache/Package-Request instead

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Guide

There's no strict rules, however if you put in some effort, it will be Resolved Sooner

• Also make sure you do not request an already existing package

• Check using soar

soar search "${PKG_NAME}"

• Search it on: https://pkgs.pkgforge.dev/?repo=soarpkgs

• What is the Name of the Package ? (.pkg)

• Do you know the AppID ? (.app_id)

• What is Type of the Package ? (appbundle|appimage|archive|dynamic|flatimage|gameimage|nixappimage|runimage|static)

• Can you describe what the Package does ? (.description)

• What are the links to the Package's homepage/website? (.homepage)

• What is the link to this Package's Repology ? (.repology)

• What is the link where we can download it? (.src_url)

• Can you classify this app using some tags? (.tag)

1. Once You have gathered the above information, Create an Issue>> Package Request (SBUILD)

2. Replace with actual values; PkgReq: NAME_OF_PKG (TYPE_OF_PKG)

3. Body: Fill with correct/Relevant Values from the Information you gathered

Additional Notes

1. After you are really sure that it's not available, Read our Build Notes. This contains notes on compiling static binaries. However, if there's already a static binary that's released, you can just use soar to fetch it.

2. After you have successfully built/compiled/fetched a static binary, you must check that it's truly static : Tests

3. After all this, finally describe & provide step-by-step instruction by creating a new issue Make sure to include ALL Steps (Including getting source code). Be as verbose as possible. Include output of file | ldd | readelf. Optionally, also test the binary with qemu-$ARCH-static or a minimal VM/Docker Image (Preferably alpine) to ensure that it really does work.

4. If you can not (don't know how to) compile, create a new issue with links to the PKG/Tool's homepage/source-code along with a brief description on what it does.