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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/) 0.15.0 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 | 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. |
| 20 | The latest set of packages for KDE5 from AlienBob are here --> [ktown](https://alien.slackbook.org/ktown/current/) |
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| 22 | ### Preparation |
| 23 | |
| 24 | Before we get to start building we need to do a few things: |
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| 26 | * Check prerequisite packages to ensure that we have all dependancies: |
| 27 | ``` |
| 28 | sh CHECK_PREREQ.sh |
| 29 | ``` |
| 30 | * 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. |
| 31 | * 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! |
| 32 | * Download the source tree, this operation will also give us the version numbers for every package |
| 33 | ``` |
| 34 | sh DOWNLOAD.sh |
| 35 | ``` |
| 36 | * this script will generate a versioning file containing all the version numbers for the packages. |
| 37 | |
| 38 | ### Building and Installing |
| 39 | |
| 40 | Now we have everything we need, with a little luck we don't need to do much except: |
| 41 | ``` |
| 42 | sh build_all.sh |
| 43 | ``` |
| 44 | and after a while we should see our packages inside the packages directory. |
| 45 | |
| 46 | ## Tested on |
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| 48 | 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. |
| 49 | If your system is not so clean YMMV as you can imagine. |
| 50 | |
| 51 | ## Contributing |
| 52 | |
| 53 | Feel free to contribute however you feel like. |
| 54 | |
| 55 | ## Authors |
| 56 | |
| 57 | * **Danilo 'danix' Macrì** - *owner* - [danix.xyz](https://danix.xyz) |
| 58 | |
| 59 | ## License |
| 60 | |
| 61 | This project is licensed under the GPLv3 - see the [LICENSE.md](LICENSE.md) file for details |
| 62 | |
| 63 | ## Acknowledgments |
| 64 | |
| 65 | * Huge thans to [AlienBob](https://alien.slackbook.org/blog/) whose original lxqt slackbuilds I've used and modified to write this set |
| 66 | * Of course all the people behind [LXQT](https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt/), what they do is amazing and I can't thank them enough. |
