The PKGBUILD needed is based on the official Arch one - one just needs to disable openssl, remove the systemd path and rename unrar to unar:
https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/nzbget/
PKGBUILD
# Maintainer: Jaroslav Lichtblau <svetlemodry@archlinux.org>
# Maintainer: Carl Smedstad <carsme@archlinux.org>
# Contributor: Alexander Rødseth <rodseth@gmail.com>
pkgname=nzbget
pkgver=25.4
pkgrel=2
pkgdesc="Efficient usenet downloader"
arch=('x86_64')
url="https://nzbget.com"
license=('GPL-2.0-or-later')
depends=(
'boost-libs'
'gcc-libs'
'glibc'
'libxml2'
'ncurses'
'zlib'
)
makedepends=(
'boost'
'cmake'
'git'
)
optdepends=(
'python: to run included scripts'
'unar: unpacking archives'
'7zip: unpacking archives'
)
source=(
"https://github.com/nzbgetcom/nzbget/archive/v$pkgver/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz"
"git+https://github.com/nzbgetcom/par2cmdline-turbo.git"
"$pkgname-use-par2cmdline-turbo-from-sources.patch"
)
sha256sums=('2603116ffaef4992621cf7a82ce300f41a676a312de784f2bac5058abc1a2385'
'SKIP'
'9608a7166969593fea35c2db61a788a0c0083dece1907fcc33c978c70226ff0a')
prepare() {
cd $pkgname-$pkgver
patch -Np1 < ../$pkgname-use-par2cmdline-turbo-from-sources.patch
}
build() {
cd $pkgname-$pkgver
cmake -S . -B build \
-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=None \
-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
-Wno-dev \
-DENABLE_TESTS=ON \
-DDISABLE_TLS=ON
cmake --build build
}
check() {
cd $pkgname-$pkgver
ctest --test-dir build --output-on-failure
}
package() {
cd $pkgname-$pkgver
DESTDIR="$pkgdir" cmake --install build
install -vDm644 -t "$pkgdir/usr/share/doc/$pkgname" ./*.md
}nzbget-use-par2cmdline-turbo-from-sources.patch
diff --unified --recursive --text --new-file nzbget-25.3.orig/cmake/par2-turbo.cmake nzbget-25.3/cmake/par2-turbo.cmake
--- nzbget-25.3.orig/cmake/par2-turbo.cmake 2025-09-01 20:50:58.443363400 +0200
+++ nzbget-25.3/cmake/par2-turbo.cmake 2025-09-01 20:51:31.722598503 +0200
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
ExternalProject_add(
par2-turbo
PREFIX par2-turbo
- GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/nzbgetcom/par2cmdline-turbo.git
+ GIT_REPOSITORY file://${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/../par2cmdline-turbo
GIT_TAG v1.3.0-20250808
TLS_VERIFY TRUE
GIT_SHALLOW TRUE