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-====== Let's Build a SlackBuild ======+====== Creating a Package Using a SlackBuild Script ======
  
 ===== 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.+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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 ''# ./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. 
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-*I added this note because sometimes I still use older SlackBuild scripts for some applications. Most newer SlackBuild scripts (for 13.0 or higher) no longer require the manual entering of the architecture as shown above. ~vtel</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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