Slackware Blog

I have started to post up some packages that I made for Slackware 12.0 of some things that I didn’t see on LinuxPackages. If you want to see them then please feel free to go to my personal site for them. You can get to confiscatedThoughts to check them out. Also, if you have any request for packages that you can’t seem to find then please feel free to ask and I will do my best to create them for you.

I really like the Thunar file manager, so I decided to make a SlackBuild file for it and its libexo dependancy. The script lets you build against XFCE 4.2.3.2 that comes with Slackware not the 4.4 developement version. These are my first couple of SlackBuild files, so any pointers you could give would be great.

The scripts are posted as comments. (I couldn’t figure out how to add them to the post without taking up too much space on the main page)

I have started a repository of the Slackware Packages that I have created.  You can find them here:

http://www.jamesbowling.com/packages

All of my packages can also be found at LinuxPackages.net.

xawtv 3.95

xawtv started as TV application for the bttv driver, because the Motif-based “xtvscreen” was the only TV application at this time. Alot has changed since:

• The xawtv and bttv driver switched over to the video4linux interface.
• Support for more interfaces was added: Xvideo Extention, the new video4linux2 interface and BSD Family video grabber driver (bktr).
• xawtv isn’t a single application any more, it is a small suite of video4linux related software, with video recording capabilities and serveral useful command line tools.
• In the future even more hardware will be supported, the current development snapshots already have DVB support for example.

Package: xawtv-3.95-i486-1pjb.tgz
MD5SUM: xawtv-3.95-i486-1pjb.tgz.md5

**Please note that this is for Slackware 11.0**

3ddesktop 0.2.9

Package: 3ddesktop-0.2.9-i486-1pjb.tgz
MD5SUM: 3ddesktop-0.2.9-i486-1pjb.tgz.md5

This package also requires that the following package be installed also:

imlib2 1.3.0

Package: imlib2-1.3.0-i486-1pjb.tgz
MD5SUM: imlib2-1.3.0-i486-1pjb.tgz.md5

**Please note that this is for Slackware 11.0**

CamStream 060801

Package: camstream-060801-i486-1pjb.tgz
MD5SUM: camstream-060801-i486-1pjb.tgz.md5

**Please note that this is for Slackware 11.0**

FreeType 2.2.1

Package: freetype-2.2.1-i486-1pjb.tgz
MD5SUM: freetype-2.2.1-i486-1pjb.tgz.md5

**Please note that this is for Slackware 11.0**

conky 1.4.2

Package: conky-1.4.2-i486-1pjb.tgz
MD5SUM: conky-1.4.2-i486-1pjb.tgz.md5

**Please note that these packages are for Slackware 11.0**

rdesktop v1.5.0

Package: rdesktop-1.5.0-i486-1pjb.tgz
MD5SUM: rdesktop-1.5.0-i486-1pjb.tgz.md5

I am starting to make some packages of things that I normally use and put them up for download from my personal site. I will be posting the new packages announcements here when ever I finish putting one together. And so for the first one I created an aterm package. Which can be downloaded from here:

Package: aterm-1.0.0-i486-1pjb.tgz
MD5SUM: aterm-1.0.0-i486-1pjb.tgz.md5

Keep your eyes open for more to come soon!