linuxfiles-bin

LOW
maintainer MemerGamer 0 votes scanned 2026-10-06 12:02:18.455551
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The package repackages prebuilt binaries from the project's own GitHub releases, which is normal for AUR binary packages; the low severity is due to few votes and recent upload, not malicious behavior.

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Uploaded within the last 14 days with 2 or fewer community votes — little peer review so far.

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An AI model (qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507) reviewed this and agrees it is LOW (confidence 95%): The package repackages prebuilt binaries from the project's own GitHub releases, which is normal for AUR binary packages; the low severity is due to few votes and recent upload, not malicious behavior.

PKGBUILD

1# Upstream: Files by Files Community (https://github.com/files-community/Files); this is the unofficial LinuxFiles fork.
2# Developer: LinuxFiles contributors (fork of Files by Files Community)
3# Maintainer: MemerGamer <kovacsbalinthunor13@gmail.com>
4# Binary package: repackages the self-contained release tarball built by .github/workflows/package-linux.yml.
5# Regenerate checksums and .SRCINFO for a release with scripts/linux/gen-aur.sh.
6pkgname=linuxfiles-bin
7_pkgname=linuxfiles
8_tag=0.1.0-alpha1
9pkgver=0.1.0alpha1
10pkgrel=1
11pkgdesc='LinuxFiles, Files for Linux: unofficial port of Files by the Files Community (Uno Platform), prebuilt binaries'
12arch=('x86_64')
13url='https://github.com/MemerGamer/LinuxFiles'
14license=('MIT')
15# The runtime is bundled; these are the native libraries Skia/Uno load at runtime.
16depends=('fontconfig' 'freetype2' 'libx11' 'libxcursor' 'libxrandr' 'libxi' 'libxext' 'mesa' 'glib2' 'hicolor-icon-theme')
17optdepends=('polkit: authenticated root actions'
18 'gvfs: network and MTP locations'
19 'udisks2: mount and eject drives'
20 'libsecret: saved network credentials (Secret Service provider)'
21 'gnome-disk-utility: format and manage drives')
22provides=("$_pkgname")
23conflicts=("$_pkgname")
24options=('!strip' '!debug') # stripping breaks the self-contained .NET binaries
25_base="$url/releases/download/linux-v$_tag"
26source=("$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz::$_base/files-linux-x64.tar.gz"
27 "$pkgname-packaging-$pkgver.tar.gz::$_base/files-packaging.tar.gz")
28noextract=("$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz" "$pkgname-packaging-$pkgver.tar.gz")
29sha256sums=('fe6144bc6feafa03d1c4c4fc4ce45afd5ec2c78836a036bd746533e6240af6ad'
30 '973496ee2c5124bc56f5980333bf6de88e76064b81f6c3d9aeb9314df3024aba') # scripts/linux/gen-aur.sh fills these in
31
32prepare() {
33 mkdir -p app packaging
34 bsdtar -xf "$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz" -C app --strip-components=1
35 bsdtar -xf "$pkgname-packaging-$pkgver.tar.gz" -C packaging
36}
37
38package() {
39 local id=io.github.memergamer.LinuxFiles
40
41 install -dm755 "$pkgdir/usr/lib/$_pkgname"
42 cp -a app/. "$pkgdir/usr/lib/$_pkgname/"
43 install -Dm755 app/elevation-helper/files-elevation-helper "$pkgdir/usr/lib/linuxfiles/files-elevation-helper"
44 rm -rf "$pkgdir/usr/lib/$_pkgname/elevation-helper"
45 install -Dm644 packaging/linux/io.github.memergamer.LinuxFiles.root-actions.policy \
46 "$pkgdir/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/io.github.memergamer.LinuxFiles.root-actions.policy"
47 # The launcher finds /usr/lib/linuxfiles/Files.dll on its own.
48 install -Dm755 packaging/linux/files "$pkgdir/usr/bin/files"
49
50 install -Dm644 "packaging/linux/$id.desktop" "$pkgdir/usr/share/applications/$id.desktop"
51 install -Dm644 "packaging/linux/$id.metainfo.xml" "$pkgdir/usr/share/metainfo/$id.metainfo.xml"
52 for s in 16 24 32 48 64 128 256 512; do
53 install -Dm644 "packaging/linux/icons/hicolor/${s}x${s}/apps/$id.png" \
54 "$pkgdir/usr/share/icons/hicolor/${s}x${s}/apps/$id.png"
55 done
56 install -Dm644 packaging/LICENSE-MIT "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/LICENSE-MIT"
57}
58

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