Yellow 2 ALL!


So, if i would like to try (!) & make a pkg to my jolly slack, how would i do it?


Can someone help?



Thanks,
Ivo.

There is probably an official way of doing things, but for most purposes, checkinstall seems to do a fine job:

http://asic-linux.com.mx/~izto/checkinstall/

HTH,

Samsara

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if compiling from source;

install checkinstall from the extra directory
http://www.slackware.com/pb/searchpk...g=checkinstall

then you can
./configure
make
checkinstall

this will create a package and install it for you. Optionally installing from source you can create a directory somewhere, say on the root of the drive at
/pkgs
then when you run go to compile
./configure --prefix=/pkgs/usr
make
make install
cd /pkgs
makepkg mypackage.tgz

Or if you just want to do your own package do like the second option above. Make a directory such as /pkgs then move whatever files you want into /pkgs. Then run makepkg from /pkgs

linuxpackages.net has some good documentation about making slackpacks:

http://www.linuxpackages.net/howto.p...erfect+Package

If you use checkinstall, removepkg will not work unless you go in and correct the slack-desc file and reinstall the package.
So, after using checkinstall, take the package it makes and put it ina temporary folder and do:
explodepkg PKG-name.tgz
Then go into the 'install' dir and open up slack-desc. Edit:
Study the linuxpackages howto for the details of the 11 critical lines in slack-desc.
Then do:
makepkg mynewpkg-version-arch-build.tgz
Be sure to remove the .tgz that checkinstall made there. Then, either run pkgtool and remove the original package that checkinstall installed, or simply remove the files that installpkg created in /var/log/packages and /var/log/scripts. Then install your new package.
When you compile from source you can usually specify an installation PREFIX= and install to a temp directory where you can create a package as above, except you'll need to create the install directory and also a valid slack-desc file as above.

A guy over on the Dropline forums made a script, createpkg, which will create a Slackware package from source. I've used it for a few things so far, and while it's still barebones, it's worked everytime.

http://www.dropline.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3920

(Note - his package is for Slackware, it doesn't have anything to do with Dropline GNOME).