Src2pkg sounds somewhat similar to checkinstall. Checkinstall was made because of too many source packages with make-target 'install' but no 'uninstall'.
It makes dpkg-packages from the sources and installs them instead. I've run into source packages a couple of times: eclipse - Mint 13 had indigo, I've been using kepler, and qemu (neither version worked: the Mint 13 default, nor 1.5). Another was Canon printer driver and still another was (some years ago) Ralink wifi driver for debian. |
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Personally I lost faith in checkinstall back when it had serious issues. Granted it seems that those issues have since been resolved but when there are better options, already available, why bother? Since src2pkg started with Slackware support, has always been reliably maintained, the maintainer is an active poster here, and numerous senior members recommend it. So whilst I actually don't use it myself, this is the program I generally suggest others to use. Another option would be slacktrack. This is a much simpler program than src2pkg but it has the nice advantage that it comes prebundled with Slackware. Indeed it was written by the Slackware ARM maintainer. |
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So basically, with src2pkg (and presumably with deb2pkg?) it makes a real Slackware package, and you then just install them with installpkg? Awww, C'mon.....sounds too easy! :D (I asked about the /var/log stuff, because, thankfully, in other threads, others have hammered-home the importance of doing package management the "right way"- and I guess it sunk-in...) |
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# src2pkg --setup After that you can create Slackware packages with: # src2pkg nameofsourcefile Then: # installpkg newpackage |
Read src2pkg's documentation, there's plenty of it. In /usr/doc/src2pkg-3.0.
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I guess src2pkg might be nice with something like OpenOCD Checked also eclipse and qemu - looks good. There should be Eclipse Luna available (SBo) already. |
Now that everything looks suspiciously good, should I change to some lighter DE?
Now I have Pentium M running KDE with 1GB RAM. The system feels a bit - but not irritatingly - slow. |
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The OP's 'puter with Slackware will fly with XFCE- They say XFCE is almost as light as the lightweight WMs, like Fluxbox/Openbox. |
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No, really, I guess xfce might be a good idea. Gotta try... |
If you really want something light use a simple window manager like Fluxbox. I happily run KDE on my main laptop, however I also own an old eeePC 4G Surf (4GS-PK008), with only 512 MB RAM (and just 4 GB of disk space!). On this I use Fluxbox and Opera (12.16) as my browser. It works very nicely.
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One of the advantages of XFCE for a newcomer to Slackware [speaking from my own experience!] is that it lists pretty much all the available apps in it's menu- even the K-applications- whereas with the lightweight WMs, the menus are pretty sparse, and you have to know what you have and manually add what you want. That's why I'm presently using XFCE- I've intended since day-one to switch to Fluxbos or install Openbox, once I got my feet wet....but to tell you the truth, XFCE has been working just as well on my old stuff. (A while back I read somewhere that in a side-by-side test, XFCE was actually found to use as little or less resources than Openbox. Now I tend to believe it)
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Well, the machine didn't fly - not far at least. :-)
Due to network problems with xfce, I decided to reinstall the whole. I think my mistake was to select DHCP instead of Network Manager in the first install. Still using XFCE the "network connections" don't find my IF and wpa_gui can't connect to wpa_supplicant. Network Manager applet, however, works fine. Took an evening, but now things look better. |
When you decide to switch to something minimalist like fluxbox, give some consideration to i3, a tiling window manager now available through slackbuilds/sbopkg. No eye candy but maximizes your workspace without much effort, and is especially useful for small screens (laptops) and big screens if you multitask a lot.
Having said that, xfce is a great desktop environment, if your preference lies there. Brian |
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