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easily build yourself LXDE with sbopkg

Aug 232010

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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.

UPDATE

branch list of the git repository

the quick install guide:

download and install the latest version of sbopkg (if you don’t have it already, as it’s a must-have application for slackware )
Launch it, 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.
I can also use some command line alternatives
If you find any problems syncing, just

rm -fR /var/lib/sbopkg/SBo-git
sbopkg -r

use this text file as /var/lib/sbopkg/queues/lxde.sqf

libatasmart
sg3_utils
udisks
upower
leafpad
xarchiver | BEND_ME_OVER=kthxbai
openbox
xmms2
gpicview
lxappearance
lxappearance-obconf
lxde-common
lxrandr
lxterminal
menu-cache
lxmenu-data
lxlauncher
lxpanel
lxpanel-xmms2
lxtask
lxpolkit
lxsession
lxsession-edit
gvfs
libfm
pcmanfm
lxshortcut
lxinput
lxmusic
lxdm
vala
libgee
gksu-polkit

then launch

sbopkg -i lxde

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.

LXDE from git on slackware-current

Aug 062010

hi, finally found the time to work a little on LXDE: I’ve prepared a second round of slackbuilds and packages based mainly on the git version of the various components (many improvements in there).
hope I haven’t missed anything of the things spotted (still have to do experiments with suspend).
maybe is better if I just cut and paste from the README.txt of the download folder

LXDE for slackware current
--------------------------

many of the slackbuilds here are from alien bob's repository and slackbuilds.org

http://connie.slackware.com/~alien/slackbuilds/lxde/build/

http://slackbuilds.org/

I simply adapted/updated some things to build on current and added some others.
You can check the build scripts used in the "build" folder:
LXDE.SlackBuild is the script to launch (it uses a build queue, it's a modified
version of kde build script).

I updated the version of the stuff beyond the latest stable packages on sourceforge,
as on git there's lotta new interesting stuff going on:

- new libfm and pcmanfm with automounting/udisks support
- new lxappearance (this is version 2, renamed in the build script)
- many translation and other updates

How to use:

* install the packages for your architecture:

  - the i486 ones if you are running slackware-current
  - the x86_64 ones if you are running slackware64-current

packages are UNTESTED on 13.1 (but, who knows, they might work   )

* be sure to have installed the packages tango-icon-theme (for the default
  desktop icons/menu theme), vte (for lxterminal), atk, glib, pango, cairo and
  gtk+2 from the official slackware repository (obviously also X packages  ).

* run xwmconfig as user and choose the lxde session.

* start/restart X.

* if you want to run lxdm as the session manager (optional) apply the patch that you can
  find in this directory (instructions are inside the patch itself) to
  /etc/rc.d/rc.4

**************************************
              WARNING!
**************************************
these packages include *one* update of the standard slackware packages, glib2,
but unfortunately is needed for the new libfm.

http://blog.lxde.org/?p=768

if you find any problems report them on this linuxquestion thread

I’m only a little disappointed for having to upgrade glib2 but, you know, it’s testing stuff

soon I’ll try to do branches about these packages on my slackbuilds.org fork so I can use this stuff in my sbopkg queue: for eric scripts I think I’ll do a first commit in the corresponding branch adding the original script and a second one with the modified version (I tried to follow the autools-template).

you can find on the download page also a .tar of the build folder (with the sources folder and links in the slackbuilds folders too, for easy self-building).

happy testing!

EDIT: looks like suspend works!

20100704 update

Jul 052010

a quick update from holidays (sorry for the super-short post).

The slackbuilds.org git fork got updated, the x86_64 packages and the i486 ones too.

Slackware 13.1 is out!

May 252010

as announced on slackware main site the 13.1 release of the oldest linux distribution is ready

slackware confirm itself one of the most innovative distribution in the field, with software updates surpassing latest ubuntu

The SBo-git repository is ready too to be used with sbopkg on this new slackware version.

if you need fresh additional packages beside slackware standard full install, I built some (using sbopkg and SBo-git) for my personal use (the list) that I gladly share:
- x86_64
- i686

I massconverted now also the compat32 packages (waiting for official updates from alien bob) for running 32 bit software on multilib slackware64: if you are using those in the past, remember to remove libv4l-compat32 (it has been superseded by v4l-utils) before doing

upgradepkg --install-new --reinstall */*.txz

while in compat32 folder.

SBo-git 20100518

May 192010

updated SBo-git with some small fixes after the slackbuilds.org updates of 2 days ago: this is the repo at today.
there’s also a new contributor, Greg Tourte!

soon I’ll fix the individual branches to do a rebase and a merge in a new branch derived from master: after all, it looks cleaner to me than apply lot of fixes to current.

I also rebuilt my x86_64 packages (soon the i686 ones will follow).

then I’ll wait for the new 13.1 slackbuilds.org repository: alien bob hints about surprises and that stimulated a lot my curiosity

SBo-git 20100508

May 082010

updated all my -currents to latest status (13.1 beta1: as usual, if you want you can check the current commits/branches on SBo-git page) and rebuilt all my stuff (x86_64 and i686).

I managed to set up also a redmine site to have a frontend for my projects.

but the best thing is that SBo-git has a new contributor of patches/fixes: tnx a lot and welcome, grissiom.

SBo-git 20100428 and a new way to merge in -current branch

Apr 282010

good news for who’s using sbopkg with sbo-git as a repository.
tnx to 55020 for the setup instructions:

Just to point out, sbopkg already has support for git repositories.
So you can use the "current" branch of Ponce's unofficial repository in sbopkg
by creating a file at /etc/sbopkg/repos.d/30-SBo-git.repo containing the following text:

# Repo Branch Description Tag Tool Link CheckGPG
SBo-git current "Unofficial repository for -current" _SBo git git://github.com/Ponce/SBo-git.git@current ""

Then, within sbopkg, you should 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 as usual.

I’m improving my git-fu and now, using binary patching, I will update directly the -current branch without recreating.
that means, basically, that you can sync it from inside sbopkg with no need to delete/reset old checked out git files.
this will work for you if you have checked last time my 20100425 commit, if not you have to

rm -fR /var/lib/sbopkg/SBo-git

one last time (I hope )

I’ve setup a file .gitattributes in the root of the git repository with this content

*.gz binary
*.bz2 binary
*.tgz binary

then i diffed the two latest master commits

git diff --binary b3541a6a8166ba54b41f104746bbf4119e501935 05f5636958c44b6fb5042cbaae3721536f5f51a2 > /tmp/sbo.diff

then I switched to branch “current”.
here I checked if some of the updated slackbuilds matched the ones I’m mantaining and to avoid confilcts applying the patch from master I restored their state in the tree at the one they have on master before last update: in this specific case only gpac was affected

cd multimedia
rm -fR gpa*
wget http://github.com/Ponce/SBo-git/raw/b3541a6a8166ba54b41f104746bbf4119e501935/multimedia/gpac.tar.gz.asc
wget http://github.com/Ponce/SBo-git/raw/b3541a6a8166ba54b41f104746bbf4119e501935/multimedia/gpac.tar.gz
tar xf gpac.tar.gz
chmod 644 gpac/gpac.SlackBuild
cd ..

after that I applied the patch from master into this branch

git apply --binary /tmp/sbo.diff

then I removed the .gitattributes file and added new files

rm .gitattributes
git add .

and then I commited

git commit -a -m "sbo repo for current 20100428"
git push origin current

results are shown in the SBo-git homepage.

I’ll try to update the current branch this way from now on.

SBo-git 20100425

Apr 252010

- added two files to the new avidemux branch (i forgot in the last commit ).
- added abiword.

here is the commit.

SBo-git 20100424

Apr 242010

- fixed avidemux: substituted slackbuild with alien bob’s one and changed it a little (mainly for using it with sbopkg).
- fixed gtkmm and cairomm (minor stuff).
- rebuilt all my packages, for slackware64-current (x86_64) and for slackware-current (i686).
- the commit with all the patches and the usual “git branch -v” output:

  2ManDVD                   2500168 fixed download link to gentoo-distfiles and md5sum, archive seems official but different
  LiVES                     11c5c9e corrected the link to lives executable
  Mako                      07feeb0 fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true - for bash 4
  aMule                     cc5507e fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true - for bash 4
  agg                       a1aa3cc added needed configure option
  audacity                  23c159c upgraded to latest beta
  avidemux                  fdd1947 updated to 2.5.2 - using alien bob's slackbuild slightly modified
  cabextract                bc231a6 fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true - for bash 4
  cairomm                   91f0657 updated to 1.8.4 - rw hint 
  cherokee                  573bc8e updated to latest version, added some options
  cksfv                     a036157 fixed slackbuild for bash4
  clamav                    881fbfc upgraded to latest version - 0.96
  cmus                      bc22ee6 added patch to fix build with new libmp4v2
  cryptopp                  d0fdc05 little downgrade for aMule. fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true - for bash 4
* current                   32aff2f sbo repo for current 20100424
  darkstat                  85c5eb3 fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true - for bash 4
  deluge                    5486baf fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true - for bash 4
  dvgrab                    da26f09 fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true - for bash 4
  ekiga                     e15efe9 fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true - for bash 4
  encfs                     2425e0c added a patch for building on the new current toolchain
  fontforge                 48ad7f0 added a patch for libpng-1.4. fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true - for bash 4
  foremost                  38e8d2f fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true - for bash 4
  gavl                      db7f9d0 added gavl - multimedia library
  gdk-pixbuf                cf3067f fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true, removed man section - for bash 4
  glibmm                    688c0d7 updated to 2.22.1 - rw hint 
  gpac                      cc4fd76 added a patch for libpng-1.4
  gst-plugins-bad           26ed27b updated to 0.10.18 following the other gst plugins in current
  gst-plugins-ugly          76ffec0 updated to 0.10.14 following x264 update
  gst-python                f9344c9 fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true - for bash 4
  gtkmm                     c2e79e9 updated to 2.18.2 - rw hint 
  hping3                    c75a4d0 fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true - for bash 4
  id3                       ba51cd4 fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true - for bash 4
  imlib2                    17bd8c9 added a patch for libpng-1.4
  inkscape                  06cf0f5 uncommented applying of patch for current
  kino                      1a0af6b upgraded to 1.3.4 because of updating some dependencies
  kvirc                     93226cf updated to r4246 for having a successful qt4 build
  libdvbpsi                 10f3869 fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true - for bash 4
  libiconv                  c77c112 added libiconv, a tex encoding conversion library
  libofa                    1b42240 added patch for building with gcc 4.4
  libsigc++                 915ff20 updated to 2.2.4 - rw hint 
  libtorrent-rasterbar      c884b90 changed boost configure options for new naming of boost libs in current
  libunicap                 80cc811 added libunicap - video capture api
  lirc                      41018d9 added a patch for kernel 2.6.33 in current. passed ARCH as SRCARCH to configure.
  ltris                     14eaa06 fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true - for bash 4
  master                    b3541a6 SBo 20100422 updates
  mjpegtools                f940857 added patch for gcc 4.4 build
  obconf                    3cc7637 fixed slackbuild for bash4
  opencv                    4a0f872 upgraded to 2.1.0, rewritten slackbuild for cmake switch and added two patches
  pangomm                   9bac9c0 updated to 2.26.0 - rw hint 
  perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib    a9e64c5 added, took slackbuilds.org 12.1 version, changed naming of module to perl- and updated it
  perl-Compress-Zlib        ff82de6 added, took slackbuilds.org 12.1 version, changed naming of module to perl- and updated it
  perl-IO-Compress-Base     d2502d4 added, took slackbuilds.org 12.1 version, changed naming of module to perl- and updated it
  perl-IO-Compress-Zlib     2f18650 added, took slackbuilds.org 12.1 version, changed naming of module to perl- and updated it
  physfs                    f9c27af added patch for gcc 4.4 build and cutted out debugging
  plib                      9d2ea5d fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true, removed man section - for bash 4
  python-twisted            d44882b updated to version 1.0.0
  python2-chardet           170c2e5 fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true - for bash 4
  scummvm                   0004025 upgraded to 1.0.0 because of gcc 4.4
  snack                     cad93b1 added Snack Sound Toolkit
  soundtouch                c13655e upgraded to 1.5.0 because of build problems with new gcc of current
  supertuxkart-extra-karts  b62f0e6 fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true - for bash 4
  supertuxkart-extra-tracks a0da611 fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true - for bash 4
  vice                      efa4cc3 added a patch for gcc 4.4 in current
  wmCalClock                0dbed3f fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true - for bash 4
  wmMoonClock               89cf87d fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true - for bash 4
  wmSun                     fc29142 fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true - for bash 4
  wmakerconf                d59d07d fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true - for bash 4
  wminfo                    eaceb4c fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true - for bash 4
  wmnet                     aa517b2 fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true - for bash 4
  wmweather                 d436876 fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true - for bash 4
  wormux                    fab0ea2 updated to latest version
  wvdial                    e385ce9 upgraded to 1.61 for building error with gcc 4.4. fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true - for bash 4
  wxcam                     6b8e68b fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true - for bash 4
  zisofs-tools              22b4049 fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true - for bash 4

SBo-git 20100422

Apr 222010

- updated to latest slackbuilds.org status.
- removed some stuff fixed/updated on slackbuilds.org.
- modified gtkmm version and added custom versions of cairomm, glibmm, libsigc++ and pangomm as kindly hinted by Robby Workman ( ).

if you are using my git repository with sbopkg the easiest thing to do to sync is to remove the previously cloned folder: so, if you have previously added a file /etc/sbopkg/repos.d/30-SBo-git.repo with (for example) this content

# Repo Branch Description Tag Tool Link CheckGPG
SBo-git current "Unofficial repository for -current" ponce git git://github.com/Ponce/SBo-git.git@current ""

and so the repository name is “SBo-git”, you can remove it with

rm -fR /var/lib/sbopkg/SBo-git

then launch sbopkg and sync again.

here’s the commit and the “git branch -v” output:

  2ManDVD                   2500168 fixed download link to gentoo-distfiles and md5sum, archive seems official but different
  LiVES                     11c5c9e corrected the link to lives executable
  Mako                      07feeb0 fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true - for bash 4
  aMule                     cc5507e fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true - for bash 4
  agg                       a1aa3cc added needed configure option
  audacity                  23c159c upgraded to latest beta
  avidemux                  b77dc64 upgraded to 2.5.2 (2.4.4 doesn't build). updated patch for i18n
  cabextract                bc231a6 fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true - for bash 4
  cairomm                   69d84ad updated to 1.8.4 - rw hint 
  cherokee                  573bc8e updated to latest version, added some options
  cksfv                     a036157 fixed slackbuild for bash4
  clamav                    881fbfc upgraded to latest version - 0.96
  cmus                      bc22ee6 added patch to fix build with new libmp4v2
  cryptopp                  d0fdc05 little downgrade for aMule. fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true - for bash 4
* current                   e08c0a8 sbo repo for current 20100422
  darkstat                  85c5eb3 fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true - for bash 4
  deluge                    5486baf fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true - for bash 4
  dvgrab                    da26f09 fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true - for bash 4
  encfs                     2425e0c added a patch for building on the new current toolchain
  fontforge                 48ad7f0 added a patch for libpng-1.4. fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true - for bash 4
  foremost                  38e8d2f fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true - for bash 4
  gavl                      db7f9d0 added gavl - multimedia library
  gdk-pixbuf                cf3067f fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true, removed man section - for bash 4
  glibmm                    688c0d7 updated to 2.22.1 - rw hint 
  gpac                      cc4fd76 added a patch for libpng-1.4
  gst-plugins-bad           26ed27b updated to 0.10.18 following the other gst plugins in current
  gst-plugins-ugly          76ffec0 updated to 0.10.14 following x264 update
  gst-python                f9344c9 fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true - for bash 4
  gtkmm                     89f754a updated to 2.18.2 - rw hint 
  hping3                    c75a4d0 fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true - for bash 4
  id3                       ba51cd4 fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true - for bash 4
  imlib2                    17bd8c9 added a patch for libpng-1.4
  inkscape                  06cf0f5 uncommented applying of patch for current
  kino                      1a0af6b upgraded to 1.3.4 because of updating some dependencies
  kvirc                     93226cf updated to r4246 for having a successful qt4 build
  libdvbpsi                 10f3869 fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true - for bash 4
  libiconv                  c77c112 added libiconv, a tex encoding conversion library
  libofa                    1b42240 added patch for building with gcc 4.4
  libsigc++                 915ff20 updated to 2.2.4 - rw hint 
  libtorrent-rasterbar      c884b90 changed boost configure options for new naming of boost libs in current
  libunicap                 80cc811 added libunicap - video capture api
  lirc                      41018d9 added a patch for kernel 2.6.33 in current. passed ARCH as SRCARCH to configure.
  ltris                     14eaa06 fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true - for bash 4
  master                    b3541a6 SBo 20100422 updates
  mjpegtools                f940857 added patch for gcc 4.4 build
  obconf                    3cc7637 fixed slackbuild for bash4
  opencv                    f405a01 upgraded to 2.0.0 because of gcc. switched to cmake: wrote a slackbuild from scratch
  pangomm                   9bac9c0 updated to 2.26.0 - rw hint 
  perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib    a9e64c5 added, took slackbuilds.org 12.1 version, changed naming of module to perl- and updated it
  perl-Compress-Zlib        ff82de6 added, took slackbuilds.org 12.1 version, changed naming of module to perl- and updated it
  perl-IO-Compress-Base     d2502d4 added, took slackbuilds.org 12.1 version, changed naming of module to perl- and updated it
  perl-IO-Compress-Zlib     2f18650 added, took slackbuilds.org 12.1 version, changed naming of module to perl- and updated it
  physfs                    f9c27af added patch for gcc 4.4 build and cutted out debugging
  plib                      9d2ea5d fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true, removed man section - for bash 4
  ptlib                     433fa6d downgraded to 2.6.5 following opal
  python-twisted            d44882b updated to version 1.0.0
  python2-chardet           170c2e5 fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true - for bash 4
  scummvm                   0004025 upgraded to 1.0.0 because of gcc 4.4
  snack                     cad93b1 added Snack Sound Toolkit
  soundtouch                c13655e upgraded to 1.5.0 because of build problems with new gcc of current
  supertuxkart-extra-karts  b62f0e6 fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true - for bash 4
  supertuxkart-extra-tracks a0da611 fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true - for bash 4
  vice                      efa4cc3 added a patch for gcc 4.4 in current
  wmCalClock                0dbed3f fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true - for bash 4
  wmMoonClock               89cf87d fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true - for bash 4
  wmSun                     fc29142 fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true - for bash 4
  wmakerconf                d59d07d fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true - for bash 4
  wminfo                    eaceb4c fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true - for bash 4
  wmnet                     aa517b2 fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true - for bash 4
  wmweather                 d436876 fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true - for bash 4
  wormux                    fab0ea2 updated to latest version
  wvdial                    e385ce9 upgraded to 1.61 for building error with gcc 4.4. fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true - for bash 4
  wxcam                     6b8e68b fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true - for bash 4
  zisofs-tools              22b4049 fixed find routine in slackbuild adding || true - for bash 4

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