Github download links
Posted: 2017-05-01 Filed under: academic, slackbuilds | Tags: bio++, downloads, github Leave a commentAs a maintainer at SBo, a thing that frequently makes me want to pull my hair off is providing a proper download link for sources hosted at Github. I really should not list all the issues that I have had, because I will get angry. So, straight to the point. Read the rest of this entry »
Removing multilib
Posted: 2017-04-07 Filed under: system | Tags: compat, compat32, gcc, glibc, multilib, slackpkg Leave a commentI came to the point where I no longer needed a multilib system, at least on one of my computers. I rarely use Adobe Acrobat Reader, I have Skype running on my phone and, there’s of course ZeroUno’s package if I happen to need Skype on my computer. I decided to simply use slackpkg, to clean up the system and revert to the gcc-* and glibc-* packages from the original installation.
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Making a patch
Posted: 2016-11-26 Filed under: slackbuilds | Tags: diff, patch, sed Leave a commentI usually fix the SlackBuilds I maintain by sed, as it makes things much more transparent. However, sed is not always an option, especially for some big fixes or fixes that contain “weird” characters, for example something like this:
unless (defined(@$slist) && defined($hlist_sel)) {
The above is an excerpt from perlprimer.pl, that had to be fixed. The problem in question has been discussed here. I wanted to provide a fix for my perlprimer.SlackBuild, therefore I decided to make a patch.
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A sbopkg GUI
Posted: 2016-06-22 Filed under: system | Tags: gui, package, sbopkg, slackbuilds, slackonly 5 CommentsAn interesting post appeared in LQ, announcing a graphical user interface for sbopkg based on PyQt. It is described as being similar to the Synaptic Package Manager, just simpler. The developer is Gernot Walzl and his web-page contains a lot of interesting stuff, among which the sbopkg_gui can be found.
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Thunar: do not execute shell script files
Posted: 2016-04-12 Filed under: desktop, slackbuilds, system | Tags: double click, execute, script, shell, slackbuilds, thunar, xfce Leave a commentEvery time I need to open a shell script file that is executable (typically a SlackBuild), I right click on it in Thunar and select my editor from the Open with sub-menu. I miss the functionality of Nautilus, where I could tell the file browser to directly open such shell script files in a text editor when double clicked.
I searched a little and found several discussions about it. Read the rest of this entry »
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