Spec file ‐ the PKGBUILD

Key	Type	Value
pkgname	string	Package name
epoch	string	Package epoch
pkgver	string	Package version
pkgrel	string	Package release number
pkgdesc	string	Short package description
maintainer	string	Package maintainer
arch	list	Package architecture, can be any or x86_64
license	list	List of licenses for packaged software
section	string	Section for package. Built in sections available: admin localization mail comm math database misc debug net news devel doc editors electronics embedded fonts games science shells sound graphics text httpd vcs interpreters video web kernel x11 libdevel libs
priority	string	Package priority, only used for Debian packages
url	string	Package url
depends	list	List of package dependencies
optdepends	list	List of package optional dependencies
makedepends	list	List of package build dependencies
provides	list	List of packages provided
conflicts	list	List of packages conflicts
source	list	List of packages sources. Sources can be url or paths that are relative to the PKGBUILD
debconf_config	string	File used as debconf config, only used for Debian packages
debconf_template	string	File used as debconf template, only used for Debian packages
hashsums	list	List of sha256/sha512 hex hashes for sources, hash type is determined by the length of the hash. Use SKIP to ignore hash check
backup	list	List of config files that shouldn't be overwritten on upgrades
build	func	Function to build the source, starts in srcdir
package	func	Function to package the source into the pkgdir, starts in srcdir
preinst	func	Function to run before installing
postinst	func	Function to run after installing
prerm	func	Function to run before removing
postrm	func	Function to run after removing