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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 |
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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: |
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27 | * 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. |
28 | * 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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30 | ``` |
31 | sh CHECK_PREREQ.sh |
32 | ``` |
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34 | * Download the source tree, this operation will also give us the version numbers for every package |
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35 | * this script will generate a versioning file containing all the version numbers for the packages. |
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37 | ``` |
38 | sh DOWNLOAD.sh |
39 | ``` |
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41 | ### Building and Installing |
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43 | Now we have everything we need, with a little luck we don't need to do much except: |
44 | ``` |
45 | sh build_all.sh |
46 | ``` |
47 | and after a while we should see our packages inside the packages directory. |
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49 | ## Tested on |
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51 | 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. |
52 | If your system is not so clean YMMV as you can imagine. |
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54 | ## Contributing |
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56 | Feel free to contribute however you feel like. |
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58 | ## Authors |
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60 | * **Danilo 'danix' Macrì** - *owner* - [danix.xyz](https://danix.xyz) |
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62 | ## License |
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64 | This project is licensed under the GPLv3 - see the [LICENSE.md](LICENSE.md) file for details |
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66 | ## Acknowledgments |
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68 | * Huge thans to [AlienBob](https://alien.slackbook.org/blog/) whose original lxqt slackbuilds I've used and modified to write this set |
69 | * Of course all the people behind [LXQT](https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt/), what they do is amazing and I can't thank them enough. |