Slackpack Package Manager

MysticalGroovy · 10-02-2009, 11:12 AM

my pleasure mlangdn

maybe you could send me a copy of your menu entry file? xD

mlangdn · 10-02-2009, 11:49 AM

I didn't make a menu entry file - I don't know how to do that. What I did, was create a softlink to the binary in /usr/bin. Then I created a menu entry using kmenuedit. To call up Slackpack, I use kdesu Slackpack to launch the app. This may be a bit crude, but it works for me.

MysticalGroovy · 10-02-2009, 11:55 AM

hmmm ok
ill see if i can implement kdesu into slackpack so when you run the program and youre not root to ask for root password.

MysticalGroovy · 10-04-2009, 04:10 AM

Hey all,

a few Slackpack updates:
slackpack now has its own SVN repo xD

browse code:

Code:

http://slackpackpkgman.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/slackpackpkgman/

checkout current version:

Code:

svn co https://slackpackpkgman.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/slackpackpkgman/current slackpackpkgman

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today i was about to release the 1.1.6 version but i didnt make alot of upgrades so after a 5min thinking I decided not to release the next version yet.

some of the finished updates:

progress dialogs added to all features
packages are listed automatically on tab change
code rearranged
various code tweaks

MysticalGroovy · 10-06-2009, 06:10 AM

Slackpack version 1.1.6 released

progress dialogs added to all features
packages are listed automatically on tab change
added icons to list packages tab tree view
code rearranged
various code tweaks

Slackpack 1.1.6 package (.tgz)
Slackpack 1.1.6 source (.tar.gz)
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Slackpack Homepage

w1k0 · 10-06-2009, 07:44 AM

I just installed slackpack 1.1.6. During installation it displays sloppy message with some warnings and errors at the end:

Code:

Verifying package slackpack-1.1.6-i686-1.tgz.
Installing package slackpack-1.1.6-i686-1.tgz:
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
# slackpack 1.1.6 Package Manager
#
# Slackpack is a package manager for Slackware Linux.
# Slackpack 1.1.6 has a friendly GUI environment and it can and convert Slackware Linux packages. (.tgz format) from: .deb (Debian Format) .rpm (Fedora format). Slackpack can also create Slackware Linux .tgz packages from application?s source code.
# install/remove/list installed packages/remove
# and convert Slackware Linux packages. (.tgz format) from:
# .deb (Debian Format)
# .rpm (Fedora format).
# Slackpack can also create Slackware Linux .tgz packages from application?s source code.
# from application\'s source code.
# Package Created By: Pavloudis Zisis  
WARNING:  Package has not been created with 'makepkg'
Executing install script for slackpack-1.1.6-i686-1.tgz.
install/doinst.sh: line 1: cd: share/doc/HTML/en/slackpack: No such file or directory
install/doinst.sh: line 2: cd: share/doc/HTML/en/slackpack: No such file or directory
Package slackpack-1.1.6-i686-1.tgz installed.

I improved slightly your README file:

Code:

Slackpack 1.1.6 README

Slackpack is a package manager for Slackware Linux.

Slackpack 1.1.6 has a friendly GUI environment and it can install
packages, list installed packages, remove Slackware Linux packages
(.tgz or .txz) and convert to .tgz format from:

.deb (Debian format)
.rpm (Fedora format)

Slackpack can also create Slackware Linux .tgz packages from
application's source code.

---------------------------

Slackpack's home: http://slackpackpkgman.wordpress.com
Author's home: http://mysticalgr.awardspace.com
E-mail contact: mysticalgr@gmail.com

If you found any bug please report it here:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=214969&atid=1031791

If you have any feature requests please add them here:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=214969&atid=1031794

Feel free to express any comments, ideas or everything else at:
mysticalgr@gmail.com

Check the TODO list for the upgrades to the next versions.

Pay attention to the way your installer interprets apostrophes:

Quote:

# Slackpack 1.1.6 has a friendly GUI environment and it can and convert Slackware Linux packages. (.tgz format) from: .deb (Debian Format) .rpm (Fedora format). Slackpack can also create Slackware Linux .tgz packages from application?s source code.
.
.
.
# Slackpack can also create Slackware Linux .tgz packages from application?s source code.
# from application\'s source code.

I'm not the target of slackpack because I prefer command line or ncurses interfaces. Anyway thank you for your work.

mlangdn · 10-06-2009, 11:15 AM

I downloaded the source tarball this morning and ran qmake. It recognized the system as x86_64 and created a makefile accordingly. I only added -fpic to the clags thingys and issued make. Again, I simply ran the binary as root from my /home directory. It sprang to life and looks very nice.

However, I saw the create pkg from source icon and decided to give that a whirl. It does not work on a tarball itself, but only in the extracted tarball's folder. Even then, it failed to create a package, saying it could not output a package in the current directory. This still needs a bit of work. I didn't explore that any further.

MysticalGroovy · 10-06-2009, 11:52 PM

hey all and thx for your answers,

ahm.. yes mlangdn i can confirm that ver1.1.6(and maybe 1.1.5) has an issue with Create Package feature. Ill have to take a good look on that

@w1k0
thx for the README Update!

the sloppy errors i see, surely has something to do with SLackpack documentation(which isnt finished coz im so bored to finish it

)ill take a look on this issue too

thank again for your answers

MysticalGroovy · 10-07-2009, 03:14 PM

ok, ive fixed the "create package" feature and included the new README file by w1k0

xD

slackpack-1.1.6-i686-2.tgz

mlangdn · 10-08-2009, 01:16 AM

Do you have a link for the updated source?

MysticalGroovy · 10-08-2009, 01:22 AM

good morning

yeah sure heres the link:

slackpack-1.1.6-source-2.tar.gz

w1k0 · 10-08-2009, 10:02 AM

In my opinion it'll be good idea to implement three functions in slackpack:

1. Possibility to run slackpack as regular user -- the program asks about root's password when user tries to install, update or remove packages.

2. Possibility of browse packages in Search Packages tab for files included in them.

3. Possibility of search packages tree for a package containing specific file.