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| ====== Understanding How Applications are Managed ====== | ====== Understanding How Applications are Managed ====== | ||
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| ==== Distributors of Slack Packages ==== | ==== Distributors of Slack Packages ==== | ||
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| [[http://slackware.com/~alien/slackbuilds]] is a repository of useful applications, including ''Scribus'', the ''OpenJDK'' Java dev kit and runtime, the ''Chromium'' web browser, and the ''Opus'' audio codec. Not all of the applications he offers are always terribly up-to-date, and some are, so take that into consideration before deciding what you want to install from this server. | [[http://slackware.com/~alien/slackbuilds]] is a repository of useful applications, including ''Scribus'', the ''OpenJDK'' Java dev kit and runtime, the ''Chromium'' web browser, and the ''Opus'' audio codec. Not all of the applications he offers are always terribly up-to-date, and some are, so take that into consideration before deciding what you want to install from this server. | ||
| - | [[http://slackware.org.uk/people/alien/restricted_slackbuilds]] is a repository of useful applications that include codecs or code that cannot be distributed on USA-based servers. Most notably this includes ''VLC'' and ''HandBrake''. Not all of the applications he offers are up-to-date, and some are, so take that into consideration before deciding what you want to install from this server. | + | [[http://slackware.org.uk/people/alien/restricted_slackbuilds]] is a repository of useful applications that include codecs or code that cannot be distributed on USA-based servers. Most notably this includes [[vlc|VLC]] and [[handbrake|HandBrake]]. Not all of the applications he offers are up-to-date, and some are, so take that into consideration before deciding what you want to install from this server. |
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| - | [[http://slackermedia.info/slackbuilds]] offers useful (and some not-so-useful) packages, including JSampler, butt audio streamer, and most importantly the Slackermedia-approved, everything-plus-the-kitchen-sink compile of ffmpeg. | + | [[http://slackermedia.info/slackbuilds]] offers useful (and some not-so-useful) packages, including JSampler, butt audio streamer, and most importantly the Slackermedia-approved, everything-plus-the-kitchen-sink compile of [[ffmpeg]]. |
| Not everything is always up-to-date, but they are the versions of software that the author of Slackermedia is using. | Not everything is always up-to-date, but they are the versions of software that the author of Slackermedia is using. | ||
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| * It ensures the availability of applications to all users on any GNU, Linux, or unix-like system; source code is universal in that if an application was written for a GNU Linux system then it will compile and run on any GNU Linux system regardless of distribution. | * It ensures the availability of applications to all users on any GNU, Linux, or unix-like system; source code is universal in that if an application was written for a GNU Linux system then it will compile and run on any GNU Linux system regardless of distribution. | ||
| - | The general process of compiling is in theory simple. Obtaining it is much like obtaining any downloadable software; you go to a website or a code management site (like [[http://sourceforge.net/directory/os:linux/|Sourceforge or [[https://github.com/notklaatu|Github]] or [[https://gitlab.com/u/notklaatu|Gitlab]]) and download the source code of an application. Typically, free software is available in both a work-in-progress ("current" or "nightly") form as well as a packaged "stable" release version. Slackermedia recommends, with few exceptions, downloading the stable version, which indicates that the code has been tested to some degree and that the programmers of the application feel confident enough in the code to package it into a ''.zip'' or ''.tar.gz'' or ''.tar.bz2'' archive, give it an official number and sometimes a release name, and offer it for download to the general non-programmer public. | + | The general process of compiling is in theory simple. Obtaining it is much like obtaining any downloadable software; you go to a website or a code management site (like [[http://sourceforge.net/directory/os:linux/|Sourceforge]] or [[https://github.com/notklaatu|Github]] or [[https://gitlab.com/u/notklaatu|Gitlab]]) and download the source code of an application. Typically, free software is available in both a work-in-progress ("current" or "nightly") form as well as a packaged "stable" release version. Slackermedia recommends, with few exceptions, downloading the stable version, which indicates that the code has been tested to some degree and that the programmers of the application feel confident enough in the code to package it into a ''.zip'' or ''.tar.gz'' or ''.tar.bz2'' archive, give it an official number and sometimes a release name, and offer it for download to the general non-programmer public. |
| Once the code has been downloaded, it is uncompressed, and a series of two or three commands are issued which starts GNU gcc, which compiles the code and then sends the binaries into the system (//viz.// it is "installed"). | Once the code has been downloaded, it is uncompressed, and a series of two or three commands are issued which starts GNU gcc, which compiles the code and then sends the binaries into the system (//viz.// it is "installed"). | ||
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| ==== How to Compile Software from Source ==== | ==== How to Compile Software from Source ==== | ||
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| Install it with ''installpkg''. A Slackware package can also be used on other Slackware machines, so you may wish to store it somewhere for later use or re-distribution. | Install it with ''installpkg''. A Slackware package can also be used on other Slackware machines, so you may wish to store it somewhere for later use or re-distribution. | ||
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| **Python Distutils** | **Python Distutils** | ||
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| ''Distutils'' is the default method for installing Python applications, since it is the distribution tool that ships with Python itself. Generally, it places all configuration and installation actions in a setup.py file. It is, however, highly customisable, so be sure to read any documentation about installation that the developer of the code provides. | ''Distutils'' is the default method for installing Python applications, since it is the distribution tool that ships with Python itself. Generally, it places all configuration and installation actions in a setup.py file. It is, however, highly customisable, so be sure to read any documentation about installation that the developer of the code provides. | ||
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| Install it with ''installpkg'', and of course you can store this Slack package somewhere for later use or for re-distribution, if needed. | Install it with ''installpkg'', and of course you can store this Slack package somewhere for later use or for re-distribution, if needed. | ||
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| There are many more build systems out there, and there is even the remote possibility that entirely custom install commands or no install commands could turn up. In the event of non-standard build systems, you can read the documentation included with the code and attempt a build nevertheless. If you can't figure out how to redirect the install process, you can choose to install without creating a Slack package; theoretically, that will be harder to un-install or update, but it might be a trade-off worth making, depending on the application and how badly you want it. | There are many more build systems out there, and there is even the remote possibility that entirely custom install commands or no install commands could turn up. In the event of non-standard build systems, you can read the documentation included with the code and attempt a build nevertheless. If you can't figure out how to redirect the install process, you can choose to install without creating a Slack package; theoretically, that will be harder to un-install or update, but it might be a trade-off worth making, depending on the application and how badly you want it. | ||
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| Read how to use [[slackbuilds|SlackBuilds]] in the next section. | Read how to use [[slackbuilds|SlackBuilds]] in the next section. | ||
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| + | <wrap fa>[[linuxaudio|R]]</wrap> <wrap fa>[[start|S]]</wrap> <wrap fa>[[slackbuilds|Q]]</wrap> | ||
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