Slpkg New Slackware packaging tool

rng · 02-23-2016, 11:05 AM

I installed slpkg in Salix-Mate desktop and tried to install 'kolourpaint' - a KDE application. However, slpkg only installed kolourpaint (from slackware repository) and did not install any dependencies. It also did not find any kolourpaint package in Salix repository. I then used 'spi' command of Salix, which installed kolourpaint along with all needed dependencies.

The Salix entry in /etc/slpkg/default-repository file is:

Quote:

salix http://download.salixos.org/

Why slpkg did not find and install dependencies in Salix-Mate?

Didier Spaier · 02-23-2016, 11:50 AM

Possibly you forgot to uncomment the slacky repository in /etc/slpkg/repositories.conf. I have not used slpkg yet (just installed) so I do not know if commenting slack in the same file is needed. Dimitris will tell you.

Also, if you have installed Salix-Mate from their ISO, I don't see the point in using slpkg over slap-get/gslapt/sourcery, as I assume that slpkg is more intended for people running Slackware as a base installation. But I could be wrong, so please Dimitris correct me case occuring.

dslackw · 02-23-2016, 02:07 PM

slack repository has not reference to the dependencies.

Didier Spaier · 02-23-2016, 02:13 PM

... But those do:
http://slackware.uk/salix/i486/slackware-14.1
http://slackware.uk/salix/x86_64/slackware-14.1

dslackw · 02-23-2016, 02:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Didier Spaier

... But those do:
http://slackware.uk/salix/i486/slackware-14.1
http://slackware.uk/salix/x86_64/slackware-14.1

Thank you Didier!

@rmg

try the following:

Code:

slpkg repo-add salix2 URL
slpkg update --only=salix2

slpkg -s salix2 kolourpaint

Didier Spaier · 02-23-2016, 03:05 PM

@rng: Be aware that two packages with the same name coming from different sources have not necessarily the same content.

For instance (borrowed to gapan from a recent email exchange) hplip shipped in Salix doesn't include a qt GUI because Salix doesn't install QT by default (and in my opinion, it is a wise decision as it wouldn't make sense to add this extra weight for QT to the Mate Salix ISO just to ship a GUI for hplip).

rng · 02-23-2016, 07:33 PM

Slacky is enabled in repositories.conf.

Regarding spi in Salix, I agree spi is very good but it builds sbo packages from source which takes time, while with slpkg I can install binaries from slackonly repository. Also other repositories like msb are available.

I added 'salix2' repository with http://slackware.uk/salix/i486/slackware-14.1, updated slpkg for it, removed kolourpaint with removepkg and tried to install kolourpaint with slpkg (now all dependencies are already installed, but I wanted to see if slpkg finds them). However, slpkg ended with following repeated error:

Code:

....
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/slpkg/binary/dependency.py", line 58, in binary
    self.binary(dep, flag)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/slpkg/binary/dependency.py", line 58, in binary
    self.binary(dep, flag)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/slpkg/binary/dependency.py", line 58, in binary
    self.binary(dep, flag)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/slpkg/binary/dependency.py", line 58, in binary
    self.binary(dep, flag)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/slpkg/binary/dependency.py", line 58, in binary
    self.binary(dep, flag)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/slpkg/binary/dependency.py", line 49, in binary
    requires = Requires(name, self.repo).get_deps()
RuntimeError: maximum recursion depth exceeded

dslackw · 02-23-2016, 09:15 PM

Unfortunately at the moment, slpkg can't work with this repository because it has many circular references to the same dependencies.

Didier Spaier · 02-23-2016, 11:10 PM

The main purpose of this repository is to help Salix users find a dependency when needed (as Salix default installation does not include all Slackware packages), so it would be interesting to know why/how the behavior of slpkg vs slapt-get differ when using it.

dslackw · 02-24-2016, 12:19 AM

A example when try to install package 'A':

For this repository (salix2):
(we see mentioned dependence 'D' two times)

Code:

PACKAGE: A
REQUIRE: Z, X, D

PACKAGE: Z
REQUIRE: D, S

PACKAGE: X
REQUIRE: G, C, V

PACKAGE: D
REQUIRE: S

for normal Slackware repositories:

Code:

PACKAGE: A
REQUIRE: Z, X

PACKAGE: Z
REQUIRE: D

PACKAGE: X
REQUIRE: G, C, V

PACKAGE: D
REQUIRE: S

and now see the references dependencies in package kolourpaint:

Code:

PACKAGE NAME:  kolourpaint-4.10.5-i486-1.txz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./slackware/kde
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  1132 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  2050 K
PACKAGE REQUIRED:  acl,attica,attr,bzip2,cxxlibs|gcc-g++,expat,fontconfig,freetype,gamin,gcc,glib2,kdelibs,libICE,libSM,libX11,libXScrnSaver,libXau,libXcursor,libXdmcp,libXext,libXfixes,libXft,libXi,libXpm,libXrender,libXtst,libdbusmenu-qt,libffi,libpng,libxcb,libxml2,qca,qimageblitz,qt,soprano,strigi,udev,util-linux,xz,zlib
PACKAGE CONFLICTS:  
PACKAGE SUGGESTS:  
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
kolourpaint: kolourpaint (easy to use paint program)
kolourpaint:
kolourpaint: KolourPaint is a easy-to-use paint program for KDE. It aims to be
kolourpaint: conceptually simply to understand; providing a level of functionality
kolourpaint: targeted towards the average user. It's designed for tasks like: 
kolourpaint: * Painting - drawing diagrams and "finger painting".
kolourpaint: * Image Manipulation - editing screenshots and photos, and
kolourpaint:   applying effects
kolourpaint: * Icon Editing - drawing clipart and logos with transparency.
kolourpaint:
kolourpaint: For more information, visit:  http://www.kde.org

As seen from this repository slapt-get work in a different way.

rng · 02-24-2016, 01:22 AM

For using slpkg in Salix, can I put following URLs in /etc/slpkg/default-repositories ?

Code:

slack2       http://salix.hostingxtreme.com/i486/slackware-14.1/
slack2-extra http://salix.hostingxtreme.com/i486/slackware-14.1/extra/
salix3       http://salix.hostingxtreme.com/i486/14.1/

dslackw · 02-24-2016, 01:26 AM

Not in the default-repositories but in the custom-repositories

rng · 03-13-2016, 08:56 PM

For many package upgrade or installation, slpkg lists cairo as a dependency to be upgraded, even though the latest version (1.12.16) is installed on my system. It is unnecessary to be downloaded and installed every time. Where is the problem and how can this be corrected?

rng · 04-13-2016, 09:05 PM

It will be very useful if the find commands (-f and -F) could also print out one line information about the packages.

Bourbon · 07-26-2016, 02:19 PM

@ dslackw: - Hi! - I write to you here because I have been unable to find a way for personal message

Wishing to tell you that I discovered "slpkg" and "SUN" thanking this thread of yours long time ago. I have been keeping the link because I like the way you have been introducing your "children" and I have been installing both of them on my new Slackware 14.2 KDE 64 Bit.
I have been always managing packages installation and dependencies manually but I want say that a tool like "slpkg" is a big pleasure, so I use it.
The point is: or is me (am not a teenager so my mind can be funny sometime), or "slpkg" is inattentive some times. I mean: more than a time using the function
# slpkg -F package-name I don't get the wanted one and... going to visit a repository (SlackBuilds.org, for instance) I see the package there.
I gone through for instance with RawTherapee:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...39#post5581639
Writing to you with a lot of respect just wishing you know that and maybe checking if something is wrong or the fault is mine.
Coming to my mind also that the "SUN" package which I have been downloading from:
https://github.com/dslackw/sun
refuses installation with this process:
tar xvf sun-1.2.1.tar.gz
cd sun-1.2.1
./install.sh
(I did as "root")
Got it by SlackBuild

Thank you for your great job

Best Regards