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studioware:quick_start [2016/07/26 23:28 (UTC)] divestudioware:quick_start [2017/02/24 22:03 (UTC)] – [1) Preinstallation Tasks] dive
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 To install our slackbuilds we have an application to help the process. To install our slackbuilds we have an application to help the process.
  
-To make the process a little simpler we have an application to download and install them: sepkg for building from slackbuilds, although sbopkg can also be used. It supports queue files, and will even download the queues from our server if needed.+To make the process a little simpler we have an application to download, build and install packages: sepkg. It supports queue files, and will even download the queues from our server if needed.
  
 +You will need around 12GB of free space to build all the packages in a full install.
 ===== 1) Preinstallation Tasks ===== ===== 1) Preinstallation Tasks =====
  
-  * Install JDK or OpenJDK. AlienBob has packages here: http://www.slackware.com/~alien/slackbuilds/openjdk/ This is for portmidi.+  * Install JDK or OpenJDK. AlienBob has packages here: http://www.slackware.com/~alien/slackbuilds/openjdk/ This is for portmidi. You may need to log out and in again after installing jdk.
   * Create Avahi user and group (for 14.2 onward):   * Create Avahi user and group (for 14.2 onward):
 groupadd -g 214 avahi\\ groupadd -g 214 avahi\\
 useradd -u 214 -g 214 -c "Avahi" -d /dev/null -s /bin/false avahi\\ useradd -u 214 -g 214 -c "Avahi" -d /dev/null -s /bin/false avahi\\
 +Install fltk (for audio/yoshimi) from extra\\
 ===== 2) Preparing Sepkg ===== ===== 2) Preparing Sepkg =====
  
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 We have three main categories of applications: audio, video and photo. They are maintained by queue files. There is also a 'full' queue. We have three main categories of applications: audio, video and photo. They are maintained by queue files. There is also a 'full' queue.
  
-If you want a certain category - say audiothen you can use sepkg to download and build/install all the audio applications with the -q flag:+If you want a certain category - say audio then you can use sepkg to download and build/install all the audio applications with the -q flag:
  
 <code>sepkg -q audio</code> <code>sepkg -q audio</code>
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