I have a small project called lxqt-for-slackware. I have updated to version 1.0.0. If you want to experiment, just have a look.

https://gitlab.com/slackernetuk/lxqt-for-slackware

Very nice, thank you.
I like the documentation part the most.

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Thank you! Build is chugging along now!

Worth noting for those of us not using sbopkg to build the deps: the slackbuild and associated files for menu-cache need to be gotten from the SBO git server since there's a patch there needed for it to build.

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From Slackbuild.org or from Ponce's Github?

Edit: After reading the README.md from the repository I see it's from Ponce.

Indeed...download here.

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Note: I did not want to mess around with my .xinitrc and other files.

Sbo packages installed without hurdles and lxqt built ok, though the dreaded appeared when I tried startxlxqt:
"$ startlxqt
qt.qpa.xcb: could not connect to display
qt.qpa.plugin: Could not load the Qt platform plugin "xcb" in "" even though it was found.
Failed to create wl_display (No such file or directory)
qt.qpa.plugin: Could not load the Qt platform plugin "wayland" in "" even though it was found.
This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.

Available platform plugins are: eglfs, linuxfb, minimal, minimalegl, offscreen, vnc, wayland-egl, wayland, wayland-xcomposite-egl, wayland-xcomposite-glx, webgl, xcb.

Aborted."


Noticed there are only 4 files in ~/.config/lxqt/
lxqt.conf power.conf session.conf windowmanagers.conf

copied some settings from the files in /usr/share/lxqt/
added to lxqt.conf
icon_theme=oxygen

added to session.conf
window_manager=openbox

added to windowmanagers.conf (I'm not sure if I had to ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ but did anyway)
openbox/Name=Openbox


Killed xfce and next chose lxqt via xwmconfig.
It started but with no panel.
Killed lxqt and back to xfce

There are now more files visible in ~/.config/lxqt/
globalkeyshortcuts.conf lxqt-powermanagement.conf lxqt-runner.conf lxqt.conf notifications.conf panel.conf power.conf session.conf windowmanagers.conf

Added settings to the panel.conf file from /usr/share/lxqt/panel.conf
plugins=mainmenu,desktopswitch,quicklaunch,taskbar,tray,statusnotifier,mount,volume,worldclock,showd esktop

[mainmenu]
type=mainmenu

[desktopswitch]
type=desktopswitch

[quicklaunch]
type=quicklaunch
alignment=Left

[taskbar]
type=taskbar

[tray]
type=tray

[mount]
type=mount

[worldclock]
type=worldclock

[volume]
device=0
type=volume

[showdesktop]
alignment=Right
type=showdesktop

[statusnotifier]
alignment=Right
type=statusnotifier


Back to xwmconfig, selected lxqt and once again startx.
And now I have a panel with mainmenu, etc.
From then on, settings were easy to find, enabled dual monitors, etc.

It's alive! ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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Absolutely, I recommend to copy all system-wide configurationfiles to $HOME/.config/lxqt.

By the way, I add lxmenu-data to build-deps.sh,required for libfm.

Noticed the lxqt files end up with '_snuk'??

/var/lib/pkgtools/packages/Kvantum-0.20.2-x86_64-1_snuk
/var/lib/pkgtools/packages/libfm-qt-1.0.0-x86_64-1_snuk
/var/lib/pkgtools/packages/liblxqt-1.0.0-x86_64-1_snuk
/var/lib/pkgtools/packages/libqtxdg-3.8.0-x86_64-1_snuk
/var/lib/pkgtools/packages/libsysstat-0.4.6-x86_64-1_snuk
/var/lib/pkgtools/packages/lximage-qt-1.0.0-x86_64-1_snuk
/var/lib/pkgtools/packages/lxqt-about-1.0.0-x86_64-1_snuk
/var/lib/pkgtools/packages/lxqt-admin-1.0.0-x86_64-1_snuk
/var/lib/pkgtools/packages/lxqt-archiver-0.5.0-x86_64-1_snuk
/var/lib/pkgtools/packages/lxqt-build-tools-0.10.0-x86_64-1_snuk
/var/lib/pkgtools/packages/lxqt-config-1.0.0-x86_64-1_snuk
/var/lib/pkgtools/packages/lxqt-globalkeys-1.0.0-x86_64-1_snuk
/var/lib/pkgtools/packages/lxqt-notificationd-1.0.0-x86_64-1_snuk
/var/lib/pkgtools/packages/lxqt-openssh-askpass-1.0.0-x86_64-1_snuk
/var/lib/pkgtools/packages/lxqt-panel-1.0.0-x86_64-1_snuk
/var/lib/pkgtools/packages/lxqt-policykit-1.0.0-x86_64-1_snuk
/var/lib/pkgtools/packages/lxqt-powermanagement-1.0.0-x86_64-1_snuk
/var/lib/pkgtools/packages/lxqt-qtplugin-1.0.0-x86_64-1_snuk
/var/lib/pkgtools/packages/lxqt-runner-1.0.0-x86_64-1_snuk
/var/lib/pkgtools/packages/lxqt-session-1.0.0-x86_64-1_snuk
/var/lib/pkgtools/packages/lxqt-sudo-1.0.0-x86_64-1_snuk
/var/lib/pkgtools/packages/lxqt-themes-1.0.0-x86_64-1_snuk
/var/lib/pkgtools/packages/obconf-qt-0.16.1-x86_64-1_snuk
/var/lib/pkgtools/packages/pavucontrol-qt-1.0.0-x86_64-1_snuk
/var/lib/pkgtools/packages/pcmanfm-qt-1.0.0-x86_64-1_snuk
/var/lib/pkgtools/packages/qterminal-1.0.0-x86_64-1_snuk
/var/lib/pkgtools/packages/qtermwidget-1.0.0-x86_64-1_snuk
/var/lib/pkgtools/packages/screengrab-2.3.0-x86_64-1_snuk
/var/lib/pkgtools/scripts/Kvantum-0.20.2-x86_64-1_snuk
/var/lib/pkgtools/scripts/libfm-qt-1.0.0-x86_64-1_snuk
/var/lib/pkgtools/scripts/liblxqt-1.0.0-x86_64-1_snuk
/var/lib/pkgtools/scripts/libqtxdg-3.8.0-x86_64-1_snuk
/var/lib/pkgtools/scripts/libsysstat-0.4.6-x86_64-1_snuk
/var/lib/pkgtools/scripts/lximage-qt-1.0.0-x86_64-1_snuk
/var/lib/pkgtools/scripts/lxqt-about-1.0.0-x86_64-1_snuk
/var/lib/pkgtools/scripts/lxqt-archiver-0.5.0-x86_64-1_snuk
/var/lib/pkgtools/scripts/lxqt-config-1.0.0-x86_64-1_snuk
/var/lib/pkgtools/scripts/lxqt-globalkeys-1.0.0-x86_64-1_snuk
/var/lib/pkgtools/scripts/lxqt-panel-1.0.0-x86_64-1_snuk
/var/lib/pkgtools/scripts/lxqt-powermanagement-1.0.0-x86_64-1_snuk
/var/lib/pkgtools/scripts/lxqt-runner-1.0.0-x86_64-1_snuk
/var/lib/pkgtools/scripts/lxqt-sudo-1.0.0-x86_64-1_snuk
/var/lib/pkgtools/scripts/lxqt-themes-1.0.0-x86_64-1_snuk
/var/lib/pkgtools/scripts/obconf-qt-0.16.1-x86_64-1_snuk
/var/lib/pkgtools/scripts/pavucontrol-qt-1.0.0-x86_64-1_snuk
/var/lib/pkgtools/scripts/pcmanfm-qt-1.0.0-x86_64-1_snuk
/var/lib/pkgtools/scripts/qterminal-1.0.0-x86_64-1_snuk
/var/lib/pkgtools/scripts/qtermwidget-1.0.0-x86_64-1_snuk
/var/lib/pkgtools/scripts/screengrab-2.3.0-x86_64-1_snuk

That's right! Just under below apps based on ponce repo.
The rest of them are my self-created slackbuilds, just add

to your /etc/slackpkg/blacklist and everything is fine.

Now, to remove the lot in one go?

if you wanna remove lxqt including all dependencies, with a simple for loop perhaps.

Nice.
removepkg should work ok.
Tried it with 'removepkg --warn Kvantum' and no dramas observed.

Btw, did a test install of Devuan Chimaera on an old HP Elitebook yesterday.
It had lxqt as in option next to xfce, etc when selecting the gui.
Tried it and it just worked. With the panel, firefox, nm-applet all showing up and no crashing.
Methinks lxqt will become a viable alternative to xfce.

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Oh, no, it's even better than that.

It starts with a panel, but both the background and text color are both black, with no widgets set up for it. And the desktop background is black.

So: it starts with an empty panel that is indistinguishable from the desktop background. After beating my head against the wall for an embarrassing number of minutes, I figured out that I could right click on where the panel was supposed to be and configure it to become useful and right click on the desktop to change its configuration.

I suppose that's one way to avoid the pitfall of users complaining about being shoehorned into a default setup? :rofl:

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I tried to build today the whole packages but I'm stuck with these errors:
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libfm-qt-1.0.0/src/xdndworkaround.h
-- The C compiler identification is GNU 11.2.0
-- The CXX compiler identification is GNU 11.2.0
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc - skipped
-- Detecting C compile features
-- Detecting C compile features - done
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done
-- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++ - skipped
-- Detecting CXX compile features
-- Detecting CXX compile features - done
-- Found PkgConfig: /usr/bin/pkg-config (found version "0.29.2")
-- Checking for module 'glib-2.0'
-- Found glib-2.0, version 2.70.1
-- Checking for module 'gio-unix-2.0'
-- Found gio-unix-2.0, version 2.70.1
-- Found GLIB: /usr/include/glib-2.0;/usr/lib64/glib-2.0/include (found suitable version "2.70.1", minimum required is "2.50.0")
-- Checking for module 'libmenu-cache'
-- No package 'libmenu-cache' found
CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake-3.21/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:230 (message):
Could NOT find MenuCache (missing: MENUCACHE_LIBRARIES
MENUCACHE_INCLUDE_DIR MENUCACHE_INCLUDE_DIRS) (Required is at least version
"1.1.0")
Call Stack (most recent call first):
/usr/share/cmake-3.21/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:594 (_FPHSA_FAILURE_MESSAGE)
/usr/share/cmake/lxqt-build-tools/find-modules/FindMenuCache.cmake:84 (find_package_handle_standard_args)
CMakeLists.txt:40 (find_package)


-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also "/tmp/snuk/libfm-qt-1.0.0/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".
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I'm on slackware64 current.

I think you are missing menu-cache, grab it from SBo or ponce repo