Skype on pure Slackware64
Posted: 2013-12-24 Filed under: desktop, network, slackbuilds, system | Tags: custom location, multilib, skype, x86_64 12 CommentsIf the only 32bit program you need is Skype, you probably do not want to “contaminate” your 64bit Slackware with a compat32 layer and replace your stock gcc-* and glibc-* just for it. Well, there’s a solution to this. Read the rest of this entry »
Adding a new repo to sbopkg
Posted: 2013-11-30 Filed under: slackbuilds, system | Tags: repo, sbopkg Leave a commentThe SlackBuilds repository for 14.1 is out, but sbopkg has not been updated to use it. As before, there’s ponce’s solution. So… Read the rest of this entry »
Murrine 32-bit on Slackware64 -multilib
Posted: 2013-11-17 Filed under: desktop, slackbuilds, system | Tags: 32bit, compat, murrine Leave a commentI’ve been happily using Slackware64 14.1 -multilib for a week and the system is just great. I installed Skype from SlackBuilds.org and it behaves. I wanted it to use my current GTK2 theme, which uses the murrine engine. So, in stead of converting a 32bit package, I decided to just compile the murrine engine as a 32bit program. Read the rest of this entry »
SBo git master, sbopkg and sqg
Posted: 2013-11-10 Filed under: slackbuilds, system | Tags: conf, git, sbopkg, sqg Leave a commentI had a rather simple solution to use sbopkg with the most recent git from SBo. However, after reading this discussion, it seems there’s a more intelligent way to do it, nicely described by ponce. Read the rest of this entry »
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