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howtos:misc:anatomy_of_a_slackbuild [2019/12/20 16:55 (UTC)] – [Anatomy Of a Slackbuild] captain_sensible | howtos:misc:anatomy_of_a_slackbuild [2020/01/05 16:36 (UTC)] – [Anatomy Of a Slackbuild] captain_sensible | ||
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- | Before we go into this let me have a look in my slackware file system and see whats there at / | + | Before we go into this let me have a look in my slackware file system and see whats there at / |
TMP is going to be set to /tmp/SBo. | TMP is going to be set to /tmp/SBo. | ||
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</ | </ | ||
For files. | For files. | ||
+ | Next block of code: | ||
+ | < | ||
+ | CFLAGS=" | ||
+ | CXXFLAGS=" | ||
+ | ./configure \ | ||
+ | --prefix=/ | ||
+ | --libdir=/ | ||
+ | --sysconfdir=/ | ||
+ | --localstatedir=/ | ||
+ | | ||
+ | --enable-eps \ | ||
+ | --enable-gif \ | ||
+ | --enable-png \ | ||
+ | --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux \ | ||
+ | --host=$ARCH-slackware-linux | ||
+ | |||
+ | make | ||
+ | make install DESTDIR=$PKG | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | A couple of things to say here , the use of " | ||
+ | |||
+ | In this latex2html slackbuild script we also utilize a three step process of configure, make, make install. | ||
+ | But what about the likes of --enable-eps , where does that come from ? | ||
+ | |||
+ | Well if you take the source code [[https:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | ./configure --help | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Then you will get some useful information from the developers. It tells you the option and how you can enable some of them. | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | make | ||
+ | make install DESTDIR=$PKG | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Here, make, make install are carried out.Note DESTDIR is a flag to say where the package will go. \\ | ||
+ | |||
+ | $PKG equates to / | ||
+ | |||
+ | Next Block of code:\\ | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | find $PKG -print0 | xargs -0 file | grep -e " | ||
+ | | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true | ||
+ | |||
+ | mkdir -p $PKG/ | ||
+ | cp -a \ | ||
+ | FAQ INSTALL LICENSE MANIFEST README.md TODO \ | ||
+ | $PKG/ | ||
+ | cat $CWD/ | ||
+ | cp $CWD/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | mkdir -p $PKG/ | ||
+ | cat $CWD/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | cd $PKG | ||
+ | / | ||
+ | |||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | The first two lines of this block are a bit of a mouth-full: | ||
+ | < | ||
+ | find $PKG -print0 | xargs -0 file | grep -e " | ||
+ | | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | We can however pick out key words that are commands and that can help to make some sense of it. | ||
+ | ind" located at / | ||
+ | |||
+ | The " | ||
+ | |||
+ | To give a succinct answer the two lines are removing debugging symbols and other unnecessary stuff to make the binaries smaller, faster and take up less memory. | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | mkdir -p $PKG/ | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Here we are preparing a directory which will be called " | ||
+ | The next lines put files such as README.md into the / | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | cat $CWD/ | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | That line goes back to the original directory that Latex2html.SlackBuild was run from ( i previously quoted Desktop) opens up the SlackBuild with " | ||
+ | Now before I submitted latex2html to slackbuilds obviously I did some testing and found that when the package was installed it had a fairly comprehensive output of what it could do just using: | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | $ latex2html --help | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Also I had access to a comprehensive manual in pdf format; so in my case I did not write code for man pages. Instead I simply put a copy of " | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | --- // | ||
+ | |||
+ | //If you teach maths it doesn' | ||
- | \\ | ||
- | --- // | ||
====== Sources ====== | ====== Sources ====== | ||
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<!-- * Original source: [[http:// | <!-- * Original source: [[http:// | ||
- | I am using a SlackBuild script that i submitted to slackbuilds.org: | + | I am using a SlackBuild script that i submitted to slackbuilds.org: |
<!-- Authors are allowed to give credit to themselves! --> | <!-- Authors are allowed to give credit to themselves! --> | ||
* Originally written by [[wiki: | * Originally written by [[wiki: |