ISO for Packaging

[JohnW_57]

have not a clue as to what zim is but will download and see what opens it in lxde


I see this is a kde how to ..

zim=zip  (a typo   )

JohnW

[Archie]

have not a clue as to what zim is but will download and see what opens it in lxde


I see this is a kde how to ..

zim=zip  (a typo   )

JohnW

Nope. It's not a typo. it is ZIM. It is a note-taking application, a desktop wiki ... and it is what I used to create those notes.

[scoundrel]

I see this is a kde how to ..

     
You can use LXDE, too. Install pkgutils-thunar.      

that is what I did.. its the only DE that my hardware can run smoothly ..now I just need to learn how to do this from scratch .. that means no knowledge at all .. 

[Neal ManBear]

I see this is a kde how to ..

     
You can use LXDE, too. Install pkgutils-thunar.      

that is what I did.. its the only DE that my hardware can run smoothly ..now I just need to learn how to do this from scratch .. that means no knowledge at all .. 

     
That is how we all got started.     

[scoundrel]

I see this is a kde how to ..

     
You can use LXDE, too. Install pkgutils-thunar.      

that is what I did.. its the only DE that my hardware can run smoothly ..now I just need to learn how to do this from scratch .. that means no knowledge at all .. 

     
That is how we all got started.     

with you guys starting from scratch I would have thought there would be better basic how too's ..

[Neal ManBear]

I see this is a kde how to ..

     
You can use LXDE, too. Install pkgutils-thunar.      

that is what I did.. its the only DE that my hardware can run smoothly ..now I just need to learn how to do this from scratch .. that means no knowledge at all .. 

     
That is how we all got started.     

with you guys starting from scratch I would have thought there would be better basic how too's ..

     
LOL We're too busy packaging to write.      

[scoundrel]

I see this is a kde how to ..

     
You can use LXDE, too. Install pkgutils-thunar.      

that is what I did.. its the only DE that my hardware can run smoothly ..now I just need to learn how to do this from scratch .. that means no knowledge at all .. 

     
That is how we all got started.     

with you guys starting from scratch I would have thought there would be better basic how too's ..

     
LOL We're too busy packaging to write.      

I get that.. guess I'll just stumble around till I figure something out ... or not . 

[scoundrel]

@ Archie ... this is what I get from your setup how to ..

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[root@localhost scoundrel]# mkrepo -a -d PCLinuxOS -v PCLinuxOS -s pclinuxos -p scoundrel
/usr/bin/mkrepo: illegal option -- a
Usage: mkrepo [OPTION]...
Create a local repository including folder structure,
.rpmrc and .rpmmacros files, modify sources.list, and
optionally install prerequisite build packages.

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
  -d, --distribution=DIST    Distribution [PCLinuxOS]
  -s, --distsuffix=SUFFIX    Distribution suffix [pclos]
  -r, --release=YYYY         Mandriva release [2010]
  -v, --vendor=VENDOR        Vendor
  -p, --packager=NAME        Packager info
  -b, --basedir=DIR          Base folder for src tree [/root]
  -n, --noupdate             No apt-get update if installing pkgs
  -u, --usage                Display typical usage and exit
  -h, --help                 Display this help and exit

Use a - as the argument to d,s,r,v,p to remove an existing macro.
[root@localhost scoundrel]#

what am I doing wrong ?

[Archie]

There's no option for -a in mkrepo. The following should be enough:

mkrepo -s scoundrel -v PCLinuxOS -b /home/scoundrel

[scoundrel]

There's no option for -a in mkrepo. The following should be enough:

mkrepo -s scoundrel -v PCLinuxOS -b /home/scoundrel

that looks like a duplicate process of when I installed the pkgutills-thunar kit ?? is it ?

[Archie]

There's no option for -a in mkrepo. The following should be enough:

mkrepo -s scoundrel -v PCLinuxOS -b /home/scoundrel

that looks like a duplicate process of when I installed the pkgutills-thunar kit ?? is it ?

Yep, might be. Better check both ~/.rpmmacros and ~/.rpmrc and make sure you are set correctly.

[scoundrel]

I must be doing something wrong with the instructions .. I get this trying to build a package.

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[scoundrel@localhost SPECS]$ rpmbuild -ba pclos-vlc-qt.spec
error: Failed build dependencies:
libqt4-devel is needed by vlc-qt-0.6.2-3scoundrel2012.i586
vlc-devel is needed by vlc-qt-0.6.2-3scoundrel2012.i586
[scoundrel@localhost SPECS]$
guessing here that I am not connected to the repo and my settup is wrong..

[sling-shot]

I see this is a kde how to ..

     
You can use LXDE, too. Install pkgutils-thunar.      

that is what I did.. its the only DE that my hardware can run smoothly ..now I just need to learn how to do this from scratch .. that means no knowledge at all .. 

     
That is how we all got started.     

with you guys starting from scratch I would have thought there would be better basic how too's ..

Please do update the http://www.pclinuxoshelp.com/index.php/Packaging_for_PCLinuxOS guide from your perspective. A person who has recently traveled the path will be a good teacher for a novice.

[Archie]

I must be doing something wrong with the instructions .. I get this trying to build a package.

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[scoundrel@localhost SPECS]$ rpmbuild -ba pclos-vlc-qt.spec
error: Failed build dependencies:
libqt4-devel is needed by vlc-qt-0.6.2-3scoundrel2012.i586
vlc-devel is needed by vlc-qt-0.6.2-3scoundrel2012.i586
[scoundrel@localhost SPECS]$
guessing here that I am not connected to the repo and my settup is wrong..

You have to install those dependencies ... a right click on the SPEC should have something in the effect of "Install Dependencies".

My way would be to open a console and (with sudo) apt-get install libqt4-devel vlc-devel ...

The command will install all the required packages needed to build vlc-qt with the command rpmbuild -ba pclos-vlc-qt.spec.

[scoundrel]

I must be doing something wrong with the instructions .. I get this trying to build a package.

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[scoundrel@localhost SPECS]$ rpmbuild -ba pclos-vlc-qt.spec
error: Failed build dependencies:
libqt4-devel is needed by vlc-qt-0.6.2-3scoundrel2012.i586
vlc-devel is needed by vlc-qt-0.6.2-3scoundrel2012.i586
[scoundrel@localhost SPECS]$
guessing here that I am not connected to the repo and my settup is wrong..

You have to install those dependencies ... a right click on the SPEC should have something in the effect of "Install Dependencies".

My way would be to open a console and (with sudo) apt-get install libqt4-devel vlc-devel ...

The command will install all the required packages needed to build vlc-qt with the command rpmbuild -ba pclos-vlc-qt.spec.

I know I need to do that, just thought the program should handle the whole build process....

so after every package built + added dependencies installed is my build environment tainted ? do the dependencies install to the root of my install ?