updating hostapd

dror

Hi all
I'v been intensively trying to update hostapd to this version found at https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/hostapd-rtl871xdrv/

it seems nothing I do can install it.. pacman -S hostapd-rtl871drv give target not found. Using "packer" gives me a "--asroot command not found" error..

not familiar with linux and googleing gave me no help (packer yauort stuff doesn't work or I couldn't install them)
any help would be appreciated..

cheers

hondagx35

Hi dror,

Read the description from here:

The Arch User Repository (AUR) is a community-driven repository for Arch users. It contains package descriptions (PKGBUILDs) that allow you to compile a package from source with makepkg and then install it via pacman.

So you have to
- add a new user (you can not make packages as root)

useradd -m -G wheel username
passwd username

- get the PKGBUILD file from AUR

cd /home/username
wget https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/plain/PKGBUILD?h=hostapd-rtl871xdrv -O PKGBUILD

- install all dependencies and programs for the build process

pacman -Syy base-devel

- make the package as normal user
You have to login as the new user you created before
Goto your home folder and enter

makepkg PKGBUILD

If all is good you will get a xz file in your home folder.
- install the package as root
Login as root and execute

pacman -U hostapd.xxxx.xz

Frank

dror

Hi Frank,
Thank you for the answer. I created a new user and installed that hostapd with packer (which I understand do the whole process you listed..) and the update seemed to complete. Rebooted.
I still get hostapd version 0.8 when typing
hostapd -v

also after re-installing the official hostapd via pacman Syy hostapd

can somebody guess why?

Dror

hondagx35

Hi dror,

on my test system it looks like this:

root@RuneAudio(rw):/var/www# pacman -Syy hostapd
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core                                                 172.6 KiB   575K/s 00:00 [#############################################] 100%
 extra                                                  2.3 MiB   167K/s 00:14 [#############################################] 100%
 community                                              3.4 MiB   206K/s 00:17 [#############################################] 100%
 alarm                                                 24.7 KiB   411K/s 00:00 [#############################################] 100%
 aur                                                   28.5 KiB   711K/s 00:00 [#############################################] 100%
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Packages (1) hostapd-2.5-2

Total Download Size:   0.29 MiB
Total Installed Size:  0.89 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
:: Retrieving packages...
 hostapd-2.5-2-aarch64                                295.0 KiB  95.5K/s 00:03 [#############################################] 100%
(1/1) checking keys in keyring                                                 [#############################################] 100%
(1/1) checking package integrity                                               [#############################################] 100%
(1/1) loading package files                                                    [#############################################] 100%
(1/1) checking for file conflicts                                              [#############################################] 100%
(1/1) checking available disk space                                            [#############################################] 100%
:: Processing package changes...
(1/1) installing hostapd                                                       [#############################################] 100%
> More info: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Software_Access_Point
root@RuneAudio(rw):/var/www# hostapd -v
hostapd v2.5
User space daemon for IEEE 802.11 AP management,
IEEE 802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP/RADIUS Authenticator
Copyright (c) 2002-2015, Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi> and contributors
root@RuneAudio(rw):/var/www#

Frank

dror

ok
problem was I had some unmanaged hostapd installations. think I did them while trying to find a proper hostapd for 8188cus chip..

thanks Frank