Dependencies calculator
Posted: 2015-04-25 Filed under: slackbuilds, system | Tags: hoorex, package, queues, slackbuilds Leave a commentI came across this interesting discussion at LQ, introducing a new tool called HooRex (a pun for “who requires”). The program scans the SBo repository and determines dependency relations between packages in both directions: Read the rest of this entry »
Firefox: disable the built-in PDF viewer
Posted: 2014-09-25 Filed under: network, office, slackbuilds | Tags: acroread, adobe acrobat, firefox, pdf, viewer, xpdf Leave a commentWhen the built-in PDF viewer arrived for Firefox, I was quite excited. However, I have to admit that it does not always work well. Sometimes fonts look weird and pictures distorted. Read the rest of this entry »
GenomeTools
Posted: 2014-09-17 Filed under: academic, drawing, slackbuilds | Tags: gene, genome, genometools, graphics, gt, inkscape, ugene, unipro Leave a commentI need to export gene coordinates and exon organisation as a figure. I have prepared the annotations in UniPro Ugene, which I have installed from SBo. A nice tool for graphical representation of such data is provided by the GenomeTools software. It can be easily installed from SBo, too. Read the rest of this entry »
Sound in Skype 4.3
Posted: 2014-08-16 Filed under: desktop, media, network, slackbuilds, system | Tags: 32bit, alsa, compat32, multilib, pulseaudio, skype, slackware, x86_64 2 CommentsSince version 4.3, Skype for Linux requires PulseAudio. It is available from SBo, but since Skype is a 32bit program only, the necessary 32bit compatibility packages should be installed as well. I am running Slackware64 14.1 -multilib system and I have a virtual machine with Slackware 32. Read the rest of this entry »
MSB and SBo common entries
Posted: 2014-07-06 Filed under: desktop, slackbuilds, system | Tags: MATE, MATE desktop environment, MATE SlackBuilds, slackbuilds, slackware Leave a commentI decided to make a quick check of the common entries between MATE SlackBuilds (MSB) and SlackBuilds.org (SBo). The following packages provided by MSB 1.8 (as “base” and “extra”) for Slackware 14.1 are available at SBo 14.1 repo: Read the rest of this entry »
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