and then I tried to install ksh via yaourt and aur
[srikanth@myhost oracle]$ yaourt ksh -S-------------------------------------------------- 1) View/Edit PKGBUILD --------------------------------------------------- * b) Build with makepkg and install with pacman. s) Save build files and build. n) Next package. Skip this package. q) Quit without building. --------------------------------------------------- Enter a selection: [B] b ==> Checking Buildtime Dependencies... ==> Checking Runtime Dependencies... ==> Making package: ksh 2011.02.08-1 (Fri Jan 20 16:38:02 CST 2012) ==> Checking runtime dependencies... ==> Checking buildtime dependencies... ==> Retrieving Sources... ==> ERROR: INIT.2011-02-08.tgz was not found in the build directory and is not a URL. aurbuild: could not build ksh with makepkg. Build directory retained at /var/tmp/aurbuild/build/ksh You can visit the directory, fix the problem, and run makepkg.
[srikanth@myhost oracle]$ yaourt -S ksh
==> Downloading ksh PKGBUILD from AUR... x PKGBUILD ( Unsupported package: Potentially dangerous ! ) ==> Edit PKGBUILD ? [Y/n] ("A" to abort) ==> ------------------------------------ ==> n ==> ksh dependencies: ==> ksh conflicts: - pdksh-5.2.14-6 ==> Continue building ksh ? [Y/n] ==> ----------------------------- ==> ==> Building and installing package ==> Making package: ksh 2011.02.08-1 (Thu Jan 19 21:57:07 CST 2012) ==> Checking runtime dependencies... ==> Checking buildtime dependencies... ==> Retrieving Sources... ==> ERROR: INIT.2011-02-08.tgz was not found in the build directory and is not a URL. ==> ERROR: Makepkg was unable to build ksh. ==> Restart building ksh ? [y/N]