[ANN] MLED is back

j_v · 07-28-2015, 07:14 PM

@kikinovac Did you follow the ffmpeg testing many of us worked on and posted about on the SBo mailing list? This occured just prior to the update to 2.6.3. I think that you might benifit from using a tool such as hoorex(1) for tracking down package dependencies.

Using the command

Code:

hoorex -1m ffmpeg

I get the following list of dependencies. I have found that, since I prefer to build ffmpeg with most of its optional requirements, that I often need to build a base version of ffmpeg (fewer optional requirements included) to resolve circular dependencies:

Code:

ffmpeg
digikam
kino
vcmi
rosa-media-player
mlt
ffmpegthumbnailer
flowblade
sinthgunt
xjadeo
dvd-slideshow
imagination
openshot
ffms2
soundconverter
makemkv
cantata
spek
openmw
vcmi-wog
miro
xvst
kradio
mpv
kdenlive
freerdp
ripit
ffmpegyag
vcmi-core
remmina
guvcview
alephone
linphone
marathon-infinity-data
libvdpau-va-gl
qTox
imageshack-uploader
marathon2-data
wxsvg
transcode
lastfm
vlc
ssr
vcmi-resolutions
sopcast-player
cinelerra
winff
ffmpeg2theora
wargus
devede
msx264
get_iplayer
bombono-dvd
recorditnow
aegisub
tovid
dvdrip
minidlna
oggconvert
dvdstyler
clipgrab
marathon-data

1. http://slackbuilds.org/repository/14.1/misc/hoorex/ and https://github.com/cwilling/hoorex

kikinovak · 07-29-2015, 05:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bertman123

I noted when going to use remmina to connect to a windows server at work and I got a message saying that the rdp plugin wasn't installed. Could the ffmpeg updates have caused problems with freerdp? I tried to install freerdp from sbopkg (just to check to see if it worked) and was receiving an ffmpeg error there as well.

On a similar note I was trying to convert an MP4 to MP3 using winff and was also receiving an ffmpeg error.

My system is fully updated as of this morning and I am running slackware 14.1 64 bit (pure 64 bit no multilib) with MLED and the xfce desktop.

Right, here goes.

Code:

Wed Jul 29 10:45:58 CEST 2015
freerdp-20131115_ea18d2b-x86_64-2_microlinux.txz: Rebuilt.
Rebuilt against new ffmpeg.
winff-20150729-x86_64-1_microlinux.txz: Upgraded.
+--------------------------+

After rebuilding FreeRDP, Remmina shouldn't spew out any more errors.

I've upgraded WinFF to the latest version. Normally this should be 1.5.4, and the application identifies itself as version 1.5.4. But since the project's web presence is a complete mess, with files scattered all over Sourceforge, Googlecode, Github, Wordpress and Blogger, I simply checked out the latest Git snapshot and built it from there. Please give that MP4 to MP3 conversion another spin with the new version.

Cheers,

Niki

Bertman123 · 07-29-2015, 07:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kikinovak

After rebuilding FreeRDP, Remmina shouldn't spew out any more errors.

I've upgraded WinFF to the latest version. Normally this should be 1.5.4, and the application identifies itself as version 1.5.4. But since the project's web presence is a complete mess, with files scattered all over Sourceforge, Googlecode, Github, Wordpress and Blogger, I simply checked out the latest Git snapshot and built it from there. Please give that MP4 to MP3 conversion another spin with the new version.

Cheers,

Niki

Okay, I got winff working. After upgrading I was still getting the errors, but after removing ffmpeg and reinstalling everything worked like a charm. I'm still getting the error with remmina: Protocol plugin RDP is not installed. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling both remmina and freerdp, but the error is still there.

kikinovak · 07-30-2015, 02:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bertman123

Okay, I got winff working. After upgrading I was still getting the errors, but after removing ffmpeg and reinstalling everything worked like a charm. I'm still getting the error with remmina: Protocol plugin RDP is not installed. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling both remmina and freerdp, but the error is still there.

I upgraded both FreeRDP and Remmina this morning.

Code:

Thu Jul 30 08:51:42 CEST 2015
freerdp-1.2.0_beta1_android9-x86_64-1_microlinux.txz: Upgraded.
remmina-1.2.0_rcgit.1-x86_64-1_microlinux.txz: Upgraded.
+--------------------------+

Remmina wouldn't build with the older version of FreeRDP. Upgrade both packages, and everything should work as expected.

Cheers,

Niki

Bertman123 · 07-30-2015, 06:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kikinovak

I upgraded both FreeRDP and Remmina this morning.

Remmina wouldn't build with the older version of FreeRDP. Upgrade both packages, and everything should work as expected.

Cheers,

Niki

That worked, thanks!

kikinovak · 07-31-2015, 02:26 PM

Business is calm at this time of the year, so I've got some time to fine-tune MLED. Here's today's updates.

Code:

Fri Jul 31 08:16:11 CEST 2015
hoorex-0.5.5-x86_64-1_microlinux.txz: Removed.
While hoorex is a nifty tool, it's really only useful if you're a packager.
unrar-5.2.6-x86_64-1_microlinux.txz: Upgraded.
slackpkg+-1.3.2-noarch-2_microlinux.txz: Rebuilt.
Fixed package description.
+--------------------------+
Fri Jul 31 10:15:09 CEST 2015
virtualbox-4.3.30-x86_64-1_microlinux.txz: Upgraded.
virtualbox-kernel-4.3.30_3.10.17-x86_64-1_microlinux.txz: Upgraded.
virtualbox-extension-pack-4.3.30-x86_64-1_microlinux.txz: Upgraded.
+--------------------------+

Cheers,

Niki

kikinovak · 08-01-2015, 06:27 AM

New month, new LibreOffice.

Code:

Sat Aug 1 09:06:52 CEST 2015
libreoffice-4.4.5-x86_64-1_microlinux.txz: Upgraded.
libreoffice-langpack-fr-4.4.5-x86_64-1_microlinux.txz: Upgraded.
libreoffice-langpack-de-4.4.5-x86_64-1_microlinux.txz: Upgraded.
libreoffice-helppack-fr-4.4.5-x86_64-1_microlinux.txz: Upgraded.
libreoffice-helppack-de-4.4.5-x86_64-1_microlinux.txz: Upgraded.
+--------------------------+

A word on this new version from the LO folks:

Quote:

The Document Foundation (TDF) announces LibreOffice 4.4.5, the fifth minor release of the LibreOffice 4.4 family, with over 80 fixes over the previous version. LibreOffice 4.4.5 is replacing LibreOffice 4.3.7 as the 'still' version for more conservative users and enterprise deployments.

Cheers,

Niki

kikinovak · 08-02-2015, 02:41 AM

Dropbox has been upgraded to version 3.8.5 for both 32-bit and 64-bit.

travis82 · 08-03-2015, 02:40 AM

Thanks for providing notifications about upgraded packages in this thread. I really appreciate that.

I suggest adding brief explanation about blueman and nouveau packages in installation guide. Something like this: If your system has a bluetooth adapter or/and uses Nvidia GPU, edit X and/or Xap tagfiles and ADD blueman and/or xf86-video-nouveau packages.

I promise this doesn't make MLED another Ubuntu spin off.

Also I think adding wxcam to extra folder is not a bad idea. Since xvidcore and wxpython already shipped in MLED. You just need CImg and mjpegtools. This make MLED a more complete OS for laptops.

Best regards

kikinovak · 08-03-2015, 10:42 AM

On a side note, there have been various bug reports about missing notifications with Dropbox 3.x. FYI, notifications are displayed correctly with Dropbox 3.8.5 / MLED 14.1 / Xfce 4.12. So you can upgrade safely.

Cheers,

Niki

kikinovak · 08-04-2015, 02:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by travis82

Thanks for providing notifications about upgraded packages in this thread. I really appreciate that.

I suggest adding brief explanation about blueman and nouveau packages in installation guide. Something like this: If your system has a bluetooth adapter or/and uses Nvidia GPU, edit X and/or Xap tagfiles and ADD blueman and/or xf86-video-nouveau packages.

I promise this doesn't make MLED another Ubuntu spin off.

Also I think adding wxcam to extra folder is not a bad idea. Since xvidcore and wxpython already shipped in MLED. You just need CImg and mjpegtools. This make MLED a more complete OS for laptops.

Best regards

Right, here goes. From the revised MLED-HOWTO:

Code:

A word on what's left out
-------------------------

MLED doesn't rely on a full Slackware installation. Here's what's NOT
installed :

  1. Everything related to KDE, since MLED is based on Xfce.

  2. The xf86-video-nouveau driver, since the proprietary drivers work better.

  3. Various exotic fonts, which clutter LibreOffice's font preview.

  4. Some small X11 applications like Blueman, Gnuchess, etc.

Of course, you're free to override this selection by manually installing any
package (Nouveau driver, exotic font, Blueman, etc.) that's been left out with
a simple 'slackpkg install <package>'.

As for the webcam, try this:

Code:

$ mplayer tv://

Cheers,

Niki

kikinovak · 08-21-2015, 07:12 AM

Besides the usual updates for Adobe Flash and Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird language packs, the Simple Scan application has been added to the [extras] repository. Some of my clients seem to have a hard time with Xsane's poor intuitiveness.

Cheers,

Niki

kikinovak · 09-05-2015, 02:20 AM

Following a user's request, I've added the HomeBank personal finance manager to the extra/ repository. It's built against libofx, which in turn needs libxml++. Both libraries have been added to the main MLED repository.

Cheers,

Niki

myre75 · 09-06-2015, 03:37 PM

That sounds great ! Thanks for all

kikinovak · 09-08-2015, 11:30 AM

Yesterday I've stumbled over an X265-encoded video which MPlayer-1.1.1 apparently couldn't handle. After some experimenting, I took the MPlayer-20150721 source tarball from testing and built it against a stable MLED 14.1, with a few tweaks. For the time being, I put packages for 32-bit and 64-bit in testing/.

Thanks to alienBob and pprkut on #slackbuilds for their help.

Niki