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title: Make Package
description: Information on how to make arch packages that can be used with pacman
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date: 2025-05-30T09:05:58.282Z
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dateCreated: 2025-05-30T08:32:02.401Z
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# Make Packages

In the root folder a [**PKGBUILD**](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PKGBUILD) file as to be created which contains configuration for the package. 


When makepkg is run, these folders are created on the machine wich installs the package:
```
myapp/
├── PKGBUILD
├── src/        ← $srcdir
│   └── unpacked source files here
├── pkg/        ← $pkgdir lives here
│   └── myapp/...
└── myapp-1.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst  ← the final package
```

* **$pkgdir** - Everything that needs to appear in the installed package must be placed here with the correct directory structure 

* **$srcdir** - Refers to the directory where all source files are unpacked or copied by makepkg