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| - | One of the first thing 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, | ||
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| - | OK, let’s get started. The first thing you’ll need to do is navigate to SlackBuilds.org in your favorite browser. In the small search window in the upper right hand corner, type in the application you’re looking for. In this case, that would be PysolFC. Once the search is completed, you’ll be on the pysolfc SlackBuild page (see Fig 2). | ||
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| - | Figure 2 – Pysolfc SlackBuild Page | ||
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| - | Now, the next thing you’ll need to do is download the source (PySolFC-1.1.tar.bz2) and the SlackBuild (pysolfc.tar.gz) into your .build directory (or wherever you want to build your stuff). Untar the SlackBuild script from the command line using this command: | ||
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| - | $ tar -xvf pysolfc.tar.gz | ||
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| - | Or you can unpack it using your favorite graphical decompression app like Ark or Xarchiver… use whatever you’re comfortable with. | ||
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| - | You’ll now have an uncompressed directory called “pysolfc”. Move the source directory (PySolFC-1.1.tar.bz2) that you downloaded previously into your newly uncompressed pysolfc directory. That’s right. Just grab and drag that source directory right on into the pysolfc directory (see Fig 3). | ||
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| - | Figure 3 – Inside the Pysolfc Directory | ||
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| - | OK, then… Now for some fun command line stuff. I know you love working in the command line. Don’t be afraid. Just follow my directions. Alrighty… | ||
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| - | 1. Open your terminal application (Gnome Terminal, Konsole, etc.) | ||
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| - | 2. Type the following command to make the pysolfc SlackBuild script executable: | ||
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| - | $ chmod +x pysolfc.SlackBuild | ||
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| - | 3. As root (to install globally on your Slackware system so all users can access), type the following command: | ||
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| - | # ./ | ||
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| - | Special NOTE: 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 ./ | ||
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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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| - | 4. If all went well, the SlackBuild script will have created a .tgz application installer in your /tmp directory. Navigate to the /tmp directory in the terminal: | ||
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| - | # cd /tmp | ||
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| - | 5. Check to see what’s there: | ||
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| - | # ls | ||
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| - | 6. You should see a file called pysolfc-1.1-i486-2_SBo.tgz. That’s the baby! Install it using Slackware’s native pkgtool: | ||
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| - | # installpkg pysolfc-1.1-i486-2_SBo.tgz | ||
