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Old 06-08-2011, 12:27 AM   #1
DarbieL
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Need help to see if i have some software


Can anyone explain to me how I can see if I have this software. I am trying to install PYWM. I need the following software:

Python >=2.2
Pyrex - the Python<->C wrapper generator
FLTK version 1.0
libstdc++
xlibmesa3
libgl1
libc6
xlibs-dev
 
Old 06-08-2011, 12:32 AM   #2
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If you did a stock install of Slackware 13.37, then you have everything except FLTK, which you can get from SlackBuilds.org.

Normally, you just need to know that installed packages are logged in /var/log/packages. You can then use Unix tools such as ls and grep to analyze that directory. e.g.

ls /var/log/packages | grep -i fltk

Most of what's on your list are Debian names, though, so that wouldn't exactly work.

Also, having current versions of all of the dependencies does not guarantee that you can run PYWM: it hasn't been updated since 2006, and the dependencies may well have changed to the point where they no longer work with it.

Why do you want to run this window manager (which, once again, hasn't been updated since 2006) anyway?

Last edited by dugan; 06-08-2011 at 12:43 AM.
 
Old 06-08-2011, 12:40 AM   #3
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Doh, posted in slackware...

Last edited by evo2; 06-08-2011 at 12:42 AM. Reason: Gave bad advice.
 
Old 06-08-2011, 12:42 AM   #4
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Cool

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ls /var/log/packages | grep -i fltk
What Dugan said, and I would add that you can forget about anything *-dev that's crap packaging left over from the days of 386 boxes and 80 Meg hard drives.

In Slackware, your packages are complete, meaning, that the -dev package is part of the package - not separate

I hope that helps

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Old 06-08-2011, 04:02 AM   #5
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forget about anything *-dev that's crap packaging left over from the days of 386 boxes and 80 Meg hard drives
True, but often RPM and DEB based distros still split them... often you come across "package-devel" and things by reading tutorials where the lecturer installs on such a distro. But yes, in Slackware you can forget it.

 
Old 06-08-2011, 12:26 PM   #6
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The reason I want to run fltk is to start working on a gui i designed. eventually i will have it with a distrubution made from "Linux From Scratch." Another reason is that I am trying to get used to Linux again and this is something that I've always wanted to do from the first day I used a computer.

i found everything except the libraries in that list or maybe it's just that fltk is outdated. i get error 1 and sometimes error 2. I'm just gonna put this away for now and see if I can find a better solution

If any of you have any suggestions for an easy way to put a gui on x windows then let me know. I'll appreciate the responses.

Last edited by DarbieL; 06-08-2011 at 12:28 PM.
 
  


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