[AUR] Cant install megaSYNC

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$ yay -S megasync
:: There are 4 providers available for megasync:
:: Repository AUR
    1) megasync 2) megasync-bin 3) megasync-git 4) megasync-nopdfium 

Enter a number (default=1): 
==> 2
:: Checking for conflicts...
:: Checking for inner conflicts...
[Aur:1]  megasync-bin-4.6.3-4

  1 megasync-bin                     (Build Files Exist)
==> Packages to cleanBuild?
==> [N]one [A]ll [Ab]ort [I]nstalled [No]tInstalled or (1 2 3, 1-3, ^4)
==> 
:: PKGBUILD up to date, Skipping (1/0): megasync-bin
  1 megasync-bin                     (Build Files Exist)
==> Diffs to show?
==> [N]one [A]ll [Ab]ort [I]nstalled [No]tInstalled or (1 2 3, 1-3, ^4)
==> 
:: (1/1) Parsing SRCINFO: megasync-bin
==> Making package: megasync-bin 4.6.3-4 (Thursday 10 March 2022 07:16:27 PM)
==> Retrieving sources...
  -> Downloading megasync-4.6.3-4-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst...
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
curl: (22) The requested URL returned error: 404
==> ERROR: Failure while downloading https://mega.io/linux/repo/Arch_Extra/x86_64/megasync-4.6.3-4-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
    Aborting...
 -> error downloading sources: megasync-bin 
         context: exit status 1 
         

==> Making package: megasync-bin 4.6.3-4 (Thursday 10 March 2022 07:16:29 PM)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> Retrieving sources...
  -> Downloading megasync-4.6.3-4-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst...
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
curl: (22) The requested URL returned error: 404
==> ERROR: Failure while downloading https://mega.io/linux/repo/Arch_Extra/x86_64/megasync-4.6.3-4-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
    Aborting...
 -> error making: megasync-bin

What should I do ?

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You could edit the PKGBUILD so it points to the correct package version.

The current version on that address is megasync-4.6.5-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.

The version inside the current PKGBUILD is 4.6.3. Change that to 4.6.5 and it should work. Also set pkgrel to 2. Someone correct me if I’m wrong.

The package also is marked out of date.

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Alternatively, the following might work as well:


sudo pacman -U https://mega.io/linux/repo/Arch_Extra/x86_64/megasync-4.6.5-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
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If I do that how will I update megaSYNC in the future ?
So far I just ran yay and everything got updated including AUR packages.

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Mega sync is part of the arch repo in extra. So it will update like everything else does.

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Then why can’t I install megasync using pacman ?

$ sudo pacman -S megasync
[sudo] password for home: 
error: target not found: megasync
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If I’m not mistaken it will update normally as soon as a new PKGBUILD is uploaded to the AUR.

@ricklinux is it? I can’t find it in the official repos.

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Err…are you sure? It isn’t on my mirror…

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Sorry, if i misinformed. I just saw @pebcak command and saw arch repo extra. My bad!

Edit: Your right it is an AUR package.

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I really need megaSYNC. Can’t manage without it. I hope it gets fixed soon.

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I guess you would check for the updates yourself and install them manually.
Perhaps the best approach is as per @I0F suggestion to edit the PKGBUILD.

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Do none of them in the AUR work?

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As it seems it was flagged as “out-of-date” just today. I strongly believe it will be updated in one or two days. Maybe even today.

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I read that the word “bin” means no need for compiling. I have always selected the bin for both megaSYNC and google-earth-pro.

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This error is reported on the megasync-bin AUR page. Also as suggested by @I0F it is marked out-of-date so probably for now you can install megsync from AUR instead of the bin version.

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But that will be time consuming coz of compiling. I will just wait 2-3 days and try again.

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I will keep trying and report back when successful.

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You could also add their repo to your /etc/pacman.conf:

###REPO for MEGA###
[DEB_Arch_Extra]
SigLevel = Required TrustedOnly
Server = https://mega.nz/linux/repo/Arch_Extra/x86_64/

When prompted, import the signing key and locally sign it with:

sudo pacman-key --lsign-key B01C811880480C854C73EC7E1A664B787094A482

pacman -Ss megasync

DEB_Arch_Extra/dolphin-megasync 3.6.6-2
    Extension for KDE based file managers to interact with Megasync
DEB_Arch_Extra/megasync 4.6.5-2
    Easy automated syncing between your computers and your MEGA cloud drive
DEB_Arch_Extra/megasync-debug 4.6.5-2
    Detached debugging symbols for megasync
DEB_Arch_Extra/nautilus-megasync 3.6.6-2
    Easy automated syncing between your computers and your MEGA cloud drive
DEB_Arch_Extra/thunar-megasync 4.3.0-1
    Extension for Thunar to interact with Megasync
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Adding their repo Vs Installing from AUR, which is better from a security angle ?

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In the end it does pretty much the same. I personally would wait for the AUR so I don’t have another repo inside pacman.conf, but if you need it now, this would probably be the easiest solution.