as I promised, I have added the necessary branches to my slackbuilds.org’s git master fork, so it will be easy to build a complete LXDE desktop using sbopkg.
I used existing slackbuilds.org components, I added alien bob’s scripts adapting them to slackbuilds.org template and I wrote some from scratch.
the quick install guide:
download and install latest version of sbopkg (if you don’t have it already, as it’s a must-have application for slackware
), create a file /etc/sbopkg/repos.d/30-SBo-git.repo with this content
# Repo Branch Description Tag Tool Link CheckGPG SBo-git current "Unofficial repository for -current" _custom git git://github.com/Ponce/slackbuilds.git@current ""
then launch sbopkg: go to the Utilities menu and use the Repository option to select the SBo-git repository.
you can then go back to the main menu and select the Sync option.
if you find any problems syncing, just remove/rename the /var/lib/sbopkg/SBo-git folder and resync.
you can use this repository only for building lxde, if you like, setting back the standard repository at the end of the build.
now you will have two choices: you can build an LXDE desktop in which you have the old version of pcmanfm using gnome-vfs or another in which you got the next generation pcmanfm using udisks but, only following this second choice, you have to update a package of the standard slackware installation, glib2.
for the standard pcmanfm save this text file as /var/lib/sbopkg/queues/lxde-gvfs.sqf
gnome-mime-data ORBit2 GConf libbonobo gnome-vfs leafpad xarchiver | BEND_ME_OVER=kthxbai openbox xmms2 gpicview gtknetcat lxappearance lxappearance-obconf lxde-common lxrandr lxterminal menu-cache lxmenu-data lxlauncher lxpanel lxpanel-xmms2 lxmusic lxtask lxpolkit lxnm lxsession lxsession-edit pcmanfm lxshortcut lxinput lxadmin lxdm
for the next gen pcmanfm use this text file as /var/lib/sbopkg/queues/lxde-udisks.sqf
glib2 libatasmart sg3_utils udisks upower leafpad xarchiver | BEND_ME_OVER=kthxbai openbox xmms2 gpicview gtknetcat lxappearance lxappearance-obconf lxde-common | NGPCMANFM=yes lxrandr lxterminal menu-cache lxmenu-data lxlauncher lxpanel lxpanel-xmms2 lxtask lxpolkit lxnm lxsession lxsession-edit libfm pcmanfm2 lxshortcut lxinput lxmusic lxadmin lxdm
then launch sbopkg using the queue you prefeer, like
sbopkg -i lxde-gvfs
or
sbopkg -i lxde-udisks
choose in the dialog to keep the queue options and you’ve only to wait a little.
at the end, launching xwmconfig you can choose xinitrc.lxde and the next time you enter in X you’ll have a brand new shiny LXDE desktop.

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