From b4309abffc9c345cbd84728e4950656f1afaa3ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: danix Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2020 22:07:03 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] added readme --- README.md | 66 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 66 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a0d189a --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +# LXQT on Slackware + +A collection of scripts to let you build [LXQT](https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt/) 0.15.0 on Slackware + +## Getting Started + +If you want to build lxqt on Slackware these scripts will help you. I tried to make every step trivial but I can't be sure these instructions will work on every system. If you want to build different versions of LXQT those script will probably not work unless you modify them. + +### Prerequisites + +In order to build LXQT on Slackware you'll need a few packages from [SlackBuilds.org](https://slackbuilds.org/), here's the list: + +* openbox - [SBo](https://slackbuilds.org/repository/14.2/desktop/openbox/) +* imlib2 (optional for openbox) - [SBo](https://slackbuilds.org/repository/14.2/libraries/imlib2/) +* muParser - [SBo](https://slackbuilds.org/repository/14.2/libraries/muParser/) +* libstatgrab - [SBo](https://slackbuilds.org/repository/14.2/libraries/libstatgrab/) +* libconfig - [SBo](https://slackbuilds.org/repository/14.2/libraries/libconfig/) + +Then I used AlienBob's ktown repository and installed his KDE5 packages, I've used the PAM enabled packages because I recently converted my slackware64-current to PAM, so if you decide to go the non-PAM way, I have no idea if you'll be able to build without the need for patches. +The latest set of packages for KDE5 from AlienBob are here --> [ktown](https://alien.slackbook.org/ktown/current/) + +### Preparation + +Before we get to start building we need to do a few things: + +* Check prerequisite packages to ensure that we have all dependancies: +``` +sh CHECK_PREREQ.sh +``` + * after running this script we'll have a log of all the installed dependancies as well as hints on where to find those packages we are missing. + * a little notice regarding gtk+2 and gtk+3, even if those 2 packages are installed, my script doesn't see them, I think it has something to do with the way regex works and the fact that there's a + in the name, but I didn't investigate much. Bottom line, if you have them installed you're good to go! +* Download the source tree, this operation will also give us the version numbers for every package +``` +sh DOWNLOAD.sh +``` + * this script will generate a versioning file containing all the version numbers for the packages. + +### Building and Installing + +Now we have everything we need, with a little luck we don't need to do much except: +``` +sh build_all.sh +``` +and after a while we should see our packages inside the packages directory. + +## Tested on + +I tested this bunch of scripts on a fresh install of slackware64-current updated on 24/04/2020, the system is running inside a chroot that I reinstall fresh everytime I have to build something. +If your system is not so clean YMMV as you can imagine. + +## Contributing + +Feel free to contribute however you feel like. + +## Authors + +* **Danilo 'danix' Macrì** - *owner* - [danix.xyz](https://danix.xyz) + +## License + +This project is licensed under the GPLv3 - see the [LICENSE.md](LICENSE.md) file for details + +## Acknowledgments + +* Huge thans to [AlienBob](https://alien.slackbook.org/blog/) whose original lxqt slackbuilds I've used and modified to write this set +* Of course all the people behind [LXQT](https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt/), what they do is amazing and I can't thank them enough. -- 2.20.1