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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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 »
