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 +====== Creating a Package Using a SlackBuild Script ======
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 ===== Overview ===== ===== Overview =====
  
-Occasionally, you will find that there is an application that you would really like to utilize, but it is not available in Slackware's repository. For times like this [[http://docs.slackware.com/howtos:how_to_use_slackware_installing_software|you have options]], one of which is using a [[http://slackbuilds.org/|SlackBuild]] script to build an application package for installation on your own system. That is what this tutorial will endeavor to teach you. 
  
-===== Let's Build a SlackBuild =====+Occasionally, you will find that there is an application that you would really like to utilize, but it is not available in Slackware's repository. For times like this [[howtos:how_to_use_slackware_installing_software|you have options]], one of which is using a [[http://slackbuilds.org/|SlackBuild]] script to build an application package for installation on your own system. That is what this tutorial will endeavor to teach you. 
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 +==== Using a SlackBuild Script ==== 
  
 One of the first things I do on any of my Linux installations is to create a hidden directory called .build in my /home directory that I use primarily for manual compiling of applications, or in this case in Slackware, installation of SlackBuild scripts (see Fig 1). One of the first things I do on any of my Linux installations is to create a hidden directory called .build in my /home directory that I use primarily for manual compiling of applications, or in this case in Slackware, installation of SlackBuild scripts (see Fig 1).
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 ''# ./pysolfc.SlackBuild'' ''# ./pysolfc.SlackBuild''
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-<note important>If you’re running an x86_64 version of Slackware, you’ll need to preface the above command like this: 
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-''# ARCH=x86_64 ./pysolfc.SlackBuild'' 
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-This will let the script know that you’re running a 64 bit system and it will install accordingly.</note>  
  
   * If all went well, the SlackBuild script will have created a .tgz package in your /tmp directory. Navigate to the /tmp directory in the terminal:   * If all went well, the SlackBuild script will have created a .tgz package in your /tmp directory. Navigate to the /tmp directory in the terminal:
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-  * This how-to is an edited version of [[https://noctslackv1.wordpress.com/2012/01/29/lets-build-a-slackbuild-revisited/|THIS]] original source. Copyrights may apply to the original. Author grants permission for use on this site in this modified form. 
  
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