Repology
Posted: 2018-07-01 Filed under: misc, slackbuilds | Tags: package, Repology 1 CommentAs a maintainer at SlackBuilds.org, I try to keep my scripts updated. Normally, I would just go through the list of SlackBuilds that I maintain and check each project’s website for updates. It is time consuming and (worst) really boring. I recently came across a very useful website — Repology, the packaging hub.
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Mounting an iPhone
Posted: 2018-05-07 Filed under: desktop, media, slackbuilds, system | Tags: documents, ifuse, iPhone, libimobiledevice, mount, phone, photos 1 CommentDue to several reasons that I will not discuss here, I decided my next phone to be an iPhone SE. Of course, I naively expected that when I plug it in my computer, it will behave. Well, it doesn’t. The phone has iOS 11 and in Slackware 14.2 the system sees it, but there’s no way to mount it. In Slackware -current I can access my photos only. Well, I googled a bit and here’s what I did on -current.
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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 »
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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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.
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