How do I install gksu in 12.2 ?

tjwoosta · 07-27-2009, 07:43 PM

Im installing slackware in virtualbox as a test run. Ive finished initial setup and Ive created a user and logged in to xfce. Now I want to install the vboxguest additions but I need gksu for the script to work. I searched the slackware package browser but theres no gksu. Also where can I find htop?

stormtracknole · 07-27-2009, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by tjwoosta

Im installing slackware in virtualbox as a test run. Ive finished initial setup and Ive created a user and logged in to xfce. Now I want to install the vboxguest additions but I need gksu for the script to work. I searched the slackware package browser but theres no gksu. Also where can I find htop?

Here is the link for the slackbuilds. It's fairly straight forward.

tjwoosta · 07-27-2009, 08:05 PM

ahhh, thank you

stormtracknole · 07-27-2009, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by tjwoosta

ahhh, thank you

Not a problem!

Just make sure you build libgksu first.

tjwoosta · 07-27-2009, 08:30 PM

I can see this is going to take some time, libgksu requires GConf, libgtop, and gnome-keyring.

Is there any tool to automate the process, kinda like yaourt does for AUR?

stormtracknole · 07-27-2009, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by tjwoosta

I can see this is going to take some time, libgksu requires GConf, libgtop, and gnome-keyring.

Is there any tool to automate the process, kinda like yaourt does for AUR?

There sure is! SBOPKG! Here's the link: http://www.sbopkg.org/

Makes working with slackbuilds much, much easier!!

rworkman · 07-28-2009, 12:18 AM

I'm not sure why something is saying you need gksu for vbox guest additions, but you don't.
However, if you insist, you might have a look at ktsuss (also at SlackBuilds.org). While I won't go so far as to *recommend* doing this, I have found that quite a few things are happy enough using ktsuss instead if you trick them:

Code:

# cd /usr/bin
# ln -s ktsuss gksu

:-)

tjwoosta · 07-28-2009, 01:04 AM

Yea, it was only the autorun.sh that requires gksu, I could have just executed the .run directly without gksu but its already installed and working perfectly now anyway. Thanks again guys for your help.

stormtracknole · 07-28-2009, 01:10 AM

Thanks Robby for stealing my thunder! :P

rworkman · 07-28-2009, 02:13 AM

I'm sure you get plenty of thunder ;-)