sbopkg question

JinxsDad · 06-08-2023, 07:05 AM

When doing a fresh re-install [1], you're likely installing a LOT of packages, from Alien Bob, Flatpaks, and sbopkg.

So, specifically, sbopkg is the subject of my question. How do you configure it (options, etc.) to install everything that builds successfully non-stop, and save the constant failed packages to the end to try again (might have been a network issue the first time) so you don't have to sit and wait to hit "y" again for 30 minutes to an hour PER CATEGORY?

If this is not possible now, I'd like to suggest this as a possible improvement, if it's possible in the menu package it uses.

Thanks

[1] (VokoscreenNG's uninstall package said it was going to remove its directory ... ok, ..../vokoscreenng, right? Nope, /usr/bin. And since you have to do the uninstall as root,,,)

willysr · 06-08-2023, 09:06 AM

well, you can't since some packages depends on other packages and if one of those dependencies failed to build for any reason, the next package will fail as well

fourtysixandtwo · 06-08-2023, 11:32 AM

Assuming you've built all the queues ahead of time with "sqg", here's how I do what it sounds like you want to do:

Code:

# remove the -R or -k if you don't want to look at all the README's or skip already installed slackbuilds
# the important bit is "-e continue" to build non-stop
sbopkg -R -B -k -e continue -i "slackbuild1 slackbuild2 slackbuild3"

Then go through the summary output and look for stuff that failed to build and try building those manually or look through the sbopkg log file (/var/log/sbopkg/sbopkg-build-log) for the build errors.

JinxsDad · 06-08-2023, 04:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fourtysixandtwo

Assuming you've built all the queues ahead of time with "sqg", here's how I do what it sounds like you want to do:

Code:

# remove the -R or -k if you don't want to look at all the README's or skip already installed slackbuilds
# the important bit is "-e continue" to build non-stop
sbopkg -R -B -k -e continue -i "slackbuild1 slackbuild2 slackbuild3"

Then go through the summary output and look for stuff that failed to build and try building those manually or look through the sbopkg log file (/var/log/sbopkg/sbopkg-build-log) for the build errors.

And THAT is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you so much!

Except for one problem: it won't run with -e continue. That IS in the man page (first thing I checked), so it SHOULD be fine....but it just isn't. No idea why.

JinxsDad · 06-08-2023, 04:29 PM

Just a side comment .... Just going through the misc section in sbopkg, I found a sorted grep. Why would anyone want that when you can just pipe the output from grep to sort? :-)

fourtysixandtwo · 06-08-2023, 05:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JinxsDad

And THAT is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you so much!

Except for one problem: it won't run with -e continue. That IS in the man page (first thing I checked), so it SHOULD be fine....but it just isn't. No idea why.

Can you paste the exact command and error that doesn't work?