Installation of software on Slackware - is there any other way exept slackbuilds?

ramkatral · 01-04-2012, 07:47 PM

Always someone a lil tore up because Slack isn't "like windows". Click-Install. BAH. It's no fun that way.

ruario · 01-05-2012, 01:03 AM

FeyFre, no I don't actually as I have been away until recently but I will repackage it today for you and set it to use its own unique directories and profile so you can install it alongside Opera 11.60.

If you just want to upgrade 11.60 stable to the 11.61 snapshot, just download the appropriate tar package and the op2slk script in the same directory and then use it to convert the format into native

ruario · 01-05-2012, 02:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FeyFre

A little offtopic, but:

ruario, do You have Opera-11.61 Christmas snapshot there(I'm using it on M$ Windows now - build 1222)? I want to try it on Slackware too, but I didn't found it there.

http://people.opera.com/ruario/snapshot/Opera-11.61/

Or use op2slk to repackage one of the tar packages in http://snapshot.opera.com/unix/lille...en_11.61-1222/ if you want to upgrade your stable version.

To do so, just save the appropriate tar package for your architecture and op2slk to the same directory (containing nothing else) and issue:

Code:

bash op2slk

(You don't even need to be root to do this)

You will then find a Slackware native 11.61 package in the same directory.

cwizardone · 01-05-2012, 08:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ruario

Jut a minor, non-important point. That particular package is actually made on Slackware, not Salix (I know as it is one of mine)

, not that it matters too much as it is a binary repack. As much as anything I contributed it to Salix so that there would be a readily available pre-packaged binary out there for Slackware users should they want it....

Thank you. That explains why it works so well.

cwizardone · 01-05-2012, 08:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FeyFre

A little offtopic, but:

ruario, do You have Opera-11.61 Christmas snapshot there(I'm using it on M$ Windows now - build 1222)? I want to try it on Slackware too, but I didn't found it there.

If you want to see what is going on with the latest builds for Opera you can check here from time to time,

http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/

and follow the links to the latest builds.

http://snapshot.opera.com/unix/lille...en_11.61-1222/

That is the same link Ruario posted in post #48, above.

Build 1222 of Opera 11.61 runs very well without, to date, any problems.

Most often the packages found as a result of following the links at the first URL (desktop team) are beta or even alpha and they may not run as well as the "finished" product. The usual disclaimers are posted on the blog page. They have always have installed easily, without having to do any additional "magic." Your mileage may vary.