| Name |
plocate |
| Description |
Alternative to locate, faster and compatible with mlocate's database. |
| Version |
1.1.24-1 |
| Package Base |
plocate |
| Homepage |
https://plocate.sesse.net |
| Maintainers |
['Morten Linderud <foxboron@archlinux.org>'] |
| Contributors |
['Hans-Nikolai Viessmann <hans AT viess DOT mn>'] |
| Distro-repo |
https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/plocate |
| Sources |
['https://plocate.sesse.net/download/plocate-1.1.24.tar.gz', 'plocate-fix-updatedb.timer.patch', 'plocate.sysusers', 'plocate.tmpfiles', 'updatedb.conf'] |
| Dependencies |
['liburing', 'systemd', 'zstd'] |
| Optional-Dependencies |
[] |
| Build-Dependencies |
['meson'] |
| Provides |
['mlocate', 'locate'] |
| Builddate |
14-01-2026 18:55:53 |
| Architecture |
x86_64 |
| Distro-Version |
|
| Licenses |
['GPL-2.0-only', 'GPL-2.0-or-later'] |
| Hash |
95733c80fccacb18b6794e31cda02435dc4c0923717e5d86d58b93515e3f9772 |
# Maintainer: Morten Linderud <foxboron@archlinux.org>
# Contributor: Hans-Nikolai Viessmann <hans AT viess DOT mn>
pkgname=plocate
pkgver=1.1.24
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Alternative to locate, faster and compatible with mlocate's database."
arch=('x86_64')
url="https://plocate.sesse.net"
license=('GPL-2.0-or-later' 'GPL-2.0-only')
depends=('zstd' 'liburing' 'systemd')
makedepends=('meson')
conflicts=('mlocate')
provides=('mlocate' 'locate')
replaces=('mlocate')
backup=('etc/updatedb.conf')
source=("${url}/download/${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz"
'plocate-fix-updatedb.timer.patch'
'plocate.sysusers'
'plocate.tmpfiles'
'updatedb.conf')
sha256sums=('e55a757af1d7efb15ea674993224da4f0258479f8f720bd3dae0925d27dc04a2'
'f519c901e2fb4195e25025a745db41c4167156be698738b198cbd5651cd9d9e6'
'1713a8fc8b81f4a390bf8597c4c0e917474379002dcc984aad2f44218d10c82a'
'adda399ac42f0faa002caab5bf932777c0006ae7c4387add859c9f77321b4202'
'd00796741e2194032d0185b40de70ff5c8a11fda416a70434eb0aa2020981f91')
prepare() {
cd $pkgname-$pkgver
patch -Np1 < "$srcdir/plocate-fix-updatedb.timer.patch"
}
build() {
cd $pkgname-$pkgver
arch-meson \
-Dinstall_cron=false \
-Dinstall_systemd=true\
-Dlocategroup=locate \
../build
meson compile -C ../build
}
package() {
cd $pkgname-$pkgver
DESTDIR="$pkgdir" meson install -C ../build
chgrp 21 "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/plocate"
chmod 2755 "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/plocate"
install -Dm644 ../plocate.tmpfiles "$pkgdir/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/plocate.conf"
install -Dm644 ../plocate.sysusers "$pkgdir/usr/lib/sysusers.d/plocate.conf"
install -Dm644 ../updatedb.conf "${pkgdir}/etc/updatedb.conf"
ln -sf /usr/bin/plocate "$pkgdir/usr/bin/mlocate"
ln -sf /usr/bin/plocate "$pkgdir/usr/bin/locate"
ln -sf /usr/share/man/man1/locate.1.gz "$pkgdir/usr/share/man/man1/plocate.1.gz"
install -d "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/systemd/system/timers.target.wants"
ln -s ../plocate-updatedb.timer "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/systemd/system/timers.target.wants/plocate-updatedb.timer"
}