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Did you do a full install of Slackware? If so, okular should already be there and all its dependencies.
It will not matter if using it under Xfce, it will work just the same.
What version of Slackware and maybe you should get the actual Slackware okular package instead of from a third party repo. For Slackware64 14.1 it is here: okular-4.10.5-x86_64-1.txz.
My guess is he didn't install KDE when he installed Slackware. (Can't really blame him, after all, I unchecked XFCE and some other things I didn't need.) In which case, slackpkg install kde will do it.
My guess is he didn't install KDE when he installed Slackware. (Can't really blame him, after all, I unchecked XFCE and some other things I didn't need.) In which case, slackpkg install kde will do it.
Not a huge deal but I disagree since Full Install is RECOMMENDED for a very good reason - to avoid dependency issues just like this. There is no animosity in the blame, but seriously... who doesn't have an hdd in excess of 20GB anymore? To be completely fair 100GB may be a more realistic minimum for very active people but people commonly give away hdds smaller than 250GB. I see brand name hdds of 1TB for ~$45.00 USD brand new. Disc space just really shouldn't be an issue big enough to create problems for yourself.
Maybe you know this already, but I'll add it in case others do not.
If you are missing dependencies, you can use slackpkg like so:
Code:
$ slackpkg file-search libkparts.so.4
DONE
The list below shows the packages that contains "libkparts\.so\.4" file.
[ Status ] [ Repository ] [ Package ]
installed kdelibs-4.14.18-x86_64-1
You can search specific packages using "slackpkg search package".
Not a huge deal but I disagree since Full Install is RECOMMENDED for a very good reason - to avoid dependency issues just like this.
Indeed. We offer support for full installations of Slackware to avoid situations like this. No disrespect intended to the original poster. As a user gains experience with Slackware he/she can pare down their installation.
Slackware works out of the box with all dependencies met when you do a full installation.
Not a huge deal but I disagree since Full Install is RECOMMENDED for a very good reason - to avoid dependency issues just like this. There is no animosity in the blame, but seriously... who doesn't have an hdd in excess of 20GB anymore? To be completely fair 100GB may be a more realistic minimum for very active people but people commonly give away hdds smaller than 250GB. I see brand name hdds of 1TB for ~$45.00 USD brand new. Disc space just really shouldn't be an issue big enough to create problems for yourself.
I'm not saying I recommend it in general, but it is what I do. Slackware's division of packages into groups makes it easy to skip some if you know you don't need them. I just prefer not to have a bunch of extra stuff on my system that I know I will never use, especially things that will end up in the application menu.
Last edited by montagdude; 04-20-2016 at 10:00 AM.
Distribution: Started with Slackware - 3.0 1995 Kernel 1.2.13 - Now Slackware Current. Also some FreeBSD.
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Originally Posted by sigint-ninja
also im running a vm on virtualbox on a 240gb ssd...so space is limited
A FULL install of Slackware with KDE is less than 10GB if memory serves... 240-10 still leaves 230GB... a 10GB full install is still a pretty small slice of your SSD.
Not sure how big all the KDE stuff is.. but I would bet it is a small slice of the total 10GB. Maybe 1GB if that... not sure the minor space saving is worth the missing dependencies.
I do a full install, with KDE, even though I use XFCE.
Last edited by Fred-1.2.13; 04-20-2016 at 02:00 PM.
i allocated 30gb to my slack vm...i reinstalled a full install with nothing changed...okular is there and working...think i should have less hassle from here out...thanks guys
Distribution: Started with Slackware - 3.0 1995 Kernel 1.2.13 - Now Slackware Current. Also some FreeBSD.
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Originally Posted by sigint-ninja
i allocated 30gb to my slack vm...i reinstalled a full install with nothing changed...okular is there and working...think i should have less hassle from here out...thanks guys
Glad you got it working! I did not realize you only had 30GB to use for Slackware... even so you really save so little by not doing a full install.
I have an Acer Chrome-book running a full install of Slackware and it only has a 16GB SSD! It works fine as pretty much all my files are stored online somewhere. The "extra" 6GB just sits there unused.
Last edited by Fred-1.2.13; 04-21-2016 at 03:48 PM.
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