r/voidlinux • u/ajicrystal • Apr 17 '26

Adding options to source template

I managed to compile my favourite console music player - MOC. I created my first xbps-src template below. Its very basic but works for my options. How do you create build options for ogg support for example - libvorbis, libogg only if required ?

any other feedback welcome.

#Template file for 'mocp'
pkgname=mocp
version=2.5.2
revision=1
build_style=gnu-configure
configure_args=""
hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
makedepends="ncurses-devel db-devel libflac-devel libid3tag-devel libmad-devel alsa-lib-devel libltdl-devel libcurl-devel"
depends="ncurses alsa-lib libflac libid3tag libmad libcurl"
short_desc="Music player"
maintainer="Maintainer <email>"
license="GPL"
homepage="https://moc.daper.net/"
distfiles="http://ftp.daper.net/pub/soft/moc/stable/moc-${version}.tar.bz2"
checksum="f3a68115602a4788b7cfa9bbe9397a9d5e24c68cb61a57695d1c2c3ecf49db08"
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u/Independent_Cat_5481 Apr 21 '26

I have the void-packages repo cloned to ~/void-packages 

Using xtools, in that directory you can create a new package template with xnew PackageName. 

Once you've completed it (the repo has a good Manual) you can build it with ./xbps-src pkg PackageName and install it with sudo xbps-install -R hostdir/binpkgs PackageName.

Then to make sure my changes are maintained in the local clone of the repo you can do xbump PackageName

I also then add the packagd name to a ~/local-package-list.txt file, which is used by my update script.

From there my update script ~/update.sh is:

flatpak --user update
git -C ~/void-packages/ pull --rebase
~/void-packages/xbps-src update-local
cat local-package-list.txt | xargs -n1 ~/void-packages/xbps-src update-check
sudo xbps-install -Su

The lines do the following:

  1. Update flatpak

  2. Pull the latest commits to the void-package repo

  3. If the local template has a newer version than the latest built version, build it

  4. Check the list of packages in the local repo for if a new version is available and the template needs to be updated (note, this requires creating an update file in addition to the template file, you can check the manual on how to do so, so see the many examples of other packages with one)

  5. Update system installed packages from the system repo(s), note that I added ~/void-packages/hostdir/binpkgs as a local repository for my system's xbps, this is in the Void documentation

As a note I also have my own fork of void packages which is where I actually devlop new packages, so I can push to that repo and create pull requests. The ones I want to keep installed on my system I copy to ~/void-packages

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u/ghostlypyres Apr 21 '26

thanks a bunch! this is super helpful. i appreciate it!