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1 | # LXQT on Slackware |
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3 | A collection of scripts to let you build [LXQT](https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt/) 0.16.0 on Slackware |
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| 5 | ## Getting Started |
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| 7 | 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. |
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| 9 | ### Prerequisites |
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| 11 | In order to build LXQT on Slackware you'll need a few packages from [SlackBuilds.org](https://slackbuilds.org/), here's the list: |
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| 13 | * openbox - [SBo](https://slackbuilds.org/repository/14.2/desktop/openbox/) |
| 14 | * imlib2 (optional for openbox) - [SBo](https://slackbuilds.org/repository/14.2/libraries/imlib2/) |
| 15 | * muParser - [SBo](https://slackbuilds.org/repository/14.2/libraries/muParser/) |
| 16 | * libstatgrab - [SBo](https://slackbuilds.org/repository/14.2/libraries/libstatgrab/) |
| 17 | * libconfig - [SBo](https://slackbuilds.org/repository/14.2/libraries/libconfig/) |
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19 | Since early December 2020 kde5 is now merged inside the main tree on -current, so you no longer need to install the ktown repository from AlienBob. I've updated the Prerequisites list to reflect the latest installed versions as of 17/12/2020 |
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| 21 | ### Preparation |
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| 23 | Before we get to start building we need to do a few things: |
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| 25 | * Check prerequisite packages to ensure that we have all dependancies: |
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26 | * 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. |
| 27 | * 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! |
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29 | ``` |
| 30 | sh CHECK_PREREQ.sh |
| 31 | ``` |
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33 | * Download the source tree, this operation will also give us the version numbers for every package |
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34 | * this script will generate a versioning file containing all the version numbers for the packages. |
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36 | ``` |
| 37 | sh DOWNLOAD.sh |
| 38 | ``` |
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| 40 | ### Building and Installing |
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| 42 | Now we have everything we need, with a little luck we don't need to do much except: |
| 43 | ``` |
| 44 | sh build_all.sh |
| 45 | ``` |
| 46 | and after a while we should see our packages inside the packages directory. |
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| 48 | ## Tested on |
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| 50 | 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. |
| 51 | If your system is not so clean YMMV as you can imagine. |
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| 53 | ## Contributing |
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55 | Feel free to contribute however you feel like. |
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56 | |
| 57 | ## Authors |
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| 59 | * **Danilo 'danix' Macrì** - *owner* - [danix.xyz](https://danix.xyz) |
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| 61 | ## License |
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| 63 | This project is licensed under the GPLv3 - see the [LICENSE.md](LICENSE.md) file for details |
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| 65 | ## Acknowledgments |
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| 67 | * Huge thans to [AlienBob](https://alien.slackbook.org/blog/) whose original lxqt slackbuilds I've used and modified to write this set |
| 68 | * Of course all the people behind [LXQT](https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt/), what they do is amazing and I can't thank them enough. |
