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grok-bot-bin

Unofficial Arch / CachyOS package of the official Grok Bot .deb. Temporary until upstream packages for Arch.

Not affiliated with Cursor / SpaceXAI. The app binary is unchanged; this only repacks it for pacman.

Install (build locally)

This tree packages 0.36.0 (pkgver / pkgrel=1 in PKGBUILD). makepkg -si from git tip builds that version even before a release tag exists.

git clone https://git.s1d3sw1ped.com/s1d3sw1ped/grok-bot-bin.git
cd grok-bot-bin
makepkg -si

With an AUR helper against this git URL:

paru -S grok-bot-bin --aururl https://git.s1d3sw1ped.com
# or:
yay -S grok-bot-bin  # after cloning locally / using a custom AUR mirror

Simplest reliable path on CachyOS today:

makepkg -si

Install from a release package

pacman -U installs whatever .pkg.tar.zst is attached on Releases, which lags git tip until someone tags the bump (see Updating). After v0.36.0 is pushed, CI (build.yml) attaches grok-bot-bin-0.36.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst. Until that asset exists, use makepkg -si for 0.36.0; the newest published asset may still be v0.35.0-2.

curl -LO 'https://git.s1d3sw1ped.com/s1d3sw1ped/grok-bot-bin/releases/download/v0.36.0/grok-bot-bin-0.36.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst'
sudo pacman -U grok-bot-bin-0.36.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

Download first, then pacman -U the local file (LocalFileSigLevel = Optional). Do not pass the remote URL straight to pacman if signatures are required.

Custom pacman repo (optional)

After CI publishes a repo database under Releases (or Packages), add to /etc/pacman.conf:

[grok-bot]
SigLevel = Optional TrustAll
Server = https://git.s1d3sw1ped.com/s1d3sw1ped/grok-bot-bin/releases/latest/download

Exact Server= URL may change once the first repo DB lands; makepkg -si works regardless.

Updating

Stay-current path when Cursor's linux-x64 Grok Bot feed moves. PKGBUILD is currently 0.36.0 (pkgrel 1). One updater: ./scripts/update.sh.

Scheduled bump (Gitea Actions)

.gitea/workflows/update.yml runs daily (cron: '17 6 * * *') and on workflow_dispatch. It:

  1. Runs ./scripts/update.sh against the live Cursor linux-x64 feed.
  2. If pkgver changed, commits PKGBUILD and .SRCINFO.
  3. Tags v$pkgver (an upstream bump resets pkgrel to 1, so 0.36.0 → tag v0.36.0).
  4. Pushes the branch and tag.

The tag triggers .gitea/workflows/build.yml, which builds the Arch package and attaches grok-bot-bin-$pkgver-$pkgrel-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst to the Gitea release.

Actions can push and tag on this forge. Run 1190 (schedule on master) bumped 0.30.0 → 0.35.0 and pushed master plus tag v0.35.0.

If the script cannot parse the feed, the .deb download fails, or curl / python3 / sha256sum is missing, the job fails (it is not a silent “up to date”). jq is optional; without it the script parses the feed with python3. The workflow still apt-get installs jq for the run. A no-op is only “already at this pkgver”.

Scheduled jobs run on the default branch (master). Product PRs land on develop; promote or run the manual path below if develop is ahead of master.

Manual force path

When you do not want to wait for cron, or you are landing a bump on develop:

# requires curl, python3, sha256sum; jq optional
./scripts/update.sh

If the feed is newer, that rewrites PKGBUILD and .SRCINFO. Then commit, tag, and push (or open a PR into develop):

git add PKGBUILD .SRCINFO
git commit -m "pkgbuild: Bump grok-bot-bin to <pkgver>"
git push origin HEAD:develop   # or open a PR into develop
# After it should cut a release:
git tag "v<pkgver>"            # e.g. v0.36.0
git push origin "v<pkgver>"
makepkg -si                    # install from this tree without waiting for the release asset

Install the new version with makepkg -si, or (once CI publishes the asset) pacman -U from Releases as in the example above.

Notes

  • /usr/bin/grok-bot (and sand) is a launch shim: unless GROK_BOT_NO_UPDATE=1, it checks the latest Gitea release and may pacman -U a newer .pkg.tar.zst before exec'ing /opt/Grok Bot/…. Network/API failures still launch the installed binary.
  • If the app menu still launches an old binary without updating, run /usr/bin/grok-bot once from a terminal, or sudo pacman -U the newer .pkg.tar.zst from Releases — the menu must call the PATH shim, not /opt/Grok Bot/….
  • Upstream Linux builds still have no in-app updater for the Electron app itself; scripts/update.sh (cron or manual) is the packaging bump from Cursor's feed.
  • chrome-sandbox is left non-setuid because the install path contains a space; user namespaces cover sandboxing on CachyOS.