Writing A SlackBuild Script - Revision history

Rworkman: Undo revision 3211 by Captain-sensible (talk) - I'm not necessarily opposed to this text, but it needs attribution - as it was, it appeared to be written by me. -RW

2019-11-04T20:25:53Z

Undo revision 3211 by Captain-sensible (talk) - I'm not necessarily opposed to this text, but it needs attribution - as it was, it appeared to be written by me. -RW

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	Originally written by Florian Mueller jjdm@jjdm.org		Originally written by Florian Mueller jjdm@jjdm.org
	Substantial cleanup and enhancement by Robby Workman (rworkman)		Substantial cleanup and enhancement by Robby Workman (rworkman)
	Those that really know what they are doing are unlikely to need to read this document; as a noob I've read through and successfully created a slackbuild and package.Some of the text needs updating,which i will have a go at in the knowledge that it should be able to be reversed via the history data. I will update from the perspective that a noob is reading and they may need some spoon feeding!

	If you use slackware as your main operating system, you have probably wanted to install quite a few applications which are not available in the official slackware.com or even third-party repositories like pkgs.org, or perhaps you just don't like using third-party packages. In this situation, you have several options on how to install the application:		If you use slackware as your main operating system, you have probably wanted to install quite a few applications which are not available in the official slackware.com or even third-party repositories like pkgs.org, or perhaps you just don't like using third-party packages. In this situation, you have several options on how to install the application:

Captain-sensible: /* SlackBuild Script Repositories */

2019-06-23T14:40:54Z

SlackBuild Script Repositories

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	;* http://slackbuilds.slackadelic.com/		;* http://slackbuilds.slackadelic.com/
	;* http://slackbuilds.rlworkman.net/		;* http://slackbuilds.rlworkman.net/
	;*https://~~github~~.~~com~~/~~captain-sensible~~/latex2html~~.SlackBuild~~		;*https://slackbuilds.org/repository/14.2/academic/latex2html/?search=latex2html

	the last link is intended for noobs reading this document and wanting to download a working slackbuild for latex2html which was based on this tutorial. Its been tested on current stable Slackware 14.2 32 bit		the last link is intended for noobs reading this document and wanting to download a working slackbuild for latex2html which was based on this tutorial. Its been tested on current stable Slackware 14.2 32 bit

Captain-sensible: /* SlackBuild Script Repositories */

2019-06-18T13:46:13Z

SlackBuild Script Repositories

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	;* http://slackbuilds.slackadelic.com/		;* http://slackbuilds.slackadelic.com/
	;* http://slackbuilds.rlworkman.net/		;* http://slackbuilds.rlworkman.net/
			;*https://github.com/captain-sensible/latex2html.SlackBuild

			the last link is intended for noobs reading this document and wanting to download a working slackbuild for latex2html which was based on this tutorial. Its been tested on current stable Slackware 14.2 32 bit

Captain-sensible: /* Initial Setup */

2019-06-18T09:48:44Z

Initial Setup

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	# The version which appears in the application's filename		# The version which appears in the application's filename
	VERSION=${VERSION:-2019-2}		VERSION=${VERSION:-2019.2}

	# If the version conflicts with the Slackware package standard		# If the version conflicts with the Slackware package standard

Captain-sensible: /* Writing the SlackBuild script */

2019-06-18T09:46:31Z

Writing the SlackBuild script

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	# The version which appears in the application's filename		# The version which appears in the application's filename
	VERSION=~~2002~~-2-1		VERSION=${VERSION:-2019-2}

	# If the version conflicts with the Slackware package standard		# If the version conflicts with the Slackware package standard
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	PKG_VERSION=2002.2.1 # the version which appears in the package name.		PKG_VERSION=2002.2.1 # the version which appears in the package name.

	ARCH=${ARCH:-~~i486} # the architecture on which you want to build your package~~
			# Automatically determine the architecture we're building on:
			if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
			case "$( uname -m )" in
			i?86) ARCH=i486 ;;
			arm*) ARCH=arm ;;
			# Unless $ARCH is already set, use uname -m for all other archs:
			*) ARCH=$( uname -m ) ;;
			esac
			fi





	# First digit is the build number, which specifies how many times it has been built.		# First digit is the build number, which specifies how many times it has been built.
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	Set SLKCFLAGS (which will be used for both CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS). If you are building on a system with an earlier version of gcc than 3.4.x, then you'll need to use "-mcpu" instead of "-mtune" below.		Set SLKCFLAGS (which will be used for both CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS). If you are building on a system with an earlier version of gcc than 3.4.x, then you'll need to use "-mcpu" instead of "-mtune" below.

	if [ "$ARCH" = "i486" ]; then		if [ "$ARCH" = "i486" ]; then
	SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i486 -mtune=i686"		SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i486 -mtune=i686"
			LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
			elif [ "$ARCH" = "i686" ]; then
			SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mtune=i686"
			LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
	elif [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then		elif [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
	SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC"		SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC"
	fi		LIBDIRSUFFIX="64"
			else
			SLKCFLAGS="-O2"
			LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
			fi





	The section just finished sets up a few application-specific variables. When you want to create a package of some other application, you can usually just change the variables, and most of the further steps will work automatically.		The section just finished sets up a few application-specific variables. When you want to create a package of some other application, you can usually just change the variables, and most of the further steps will work automatically.

Captain-sensible: /* Initial Setup */

2019-06-18T09:13:18Z

Initial Setup

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	#!/bin/sh -e		#!/bin/sh -e

	You might want to include a license of some sort with your SlackBuild script (preferably a GPL or BSD-style license), but at a minimum, you'll want something like this:		You might want to include a license of some sort with your SlackBuild script (preferably a GPL or BSD-style license.For the sake of brevity an example has been put on discussion page ), but at a minimum, you'll want something like this:

	#<your name> revision date yyyy/mm/dd		#<your name> revision date yyyy/mm/dd

Captain-sensible: /* Introduction */

2019-06-18T08:21:07Z

Introduction

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	Originally written by Florian Mueller jjdm@jjdm.org		Originally written by Florian Mueller jjdm@jjdm.org
	Substantial cleanup and enhancement by Robby Workman (rworkman)		Substantial cleanup and enhancement by Robby Workman (rworkman)
			Those that really know what they are doing are unlikely to need to read this document; as a noob I've read through and successfully created a slackbuild and package.Some of the text needs updating,which i will have a go at in the knowledge that it should be able to be reversed via the history data. I will update from the perspective that a noob is reading and they may need some spoon feeding!

	If you use slackware as your main operating system, you have probably wanted to install quite a few applications which are not available in the official slackware.com or even third-party repositories like pkgs.org, or perhaps you just don't like using third-party packages. In this situation, you have several options on how to install the application:		If you use slackware as your main operating system, you have probably wanted to install quite a few applications which are not available in the official slackware.com or even third-party repositories like pkgs.org, or perhaps you just don't like using third-party packages. In this situation, you have several options on how to install the application:

Captain-sensible: /* Getting Started */

2019-06-17T10:36:28Z

Getting Started

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	Extract the source code of the application, because we'll need to look at the configure script later on to determine what options we need to pass to it.		Extract the source code of the application, because we'll need to look at the configure script later on to determine what options we need to pass to it.

	$ tar ~~-xzf~~ latex2html-~~2002-~~2-1.tar.gz \|\| exit 1
			$ tar xvzf latex2html-2019.2.tar.gz \|\| exit 1

			x -extract
			v -verbose
			f -file
			z -basically ungzip

	= Writing the slack-desc file =		= Writing the slack-desc file =

Captain-sensible: /* Getting Started */

2019-06-16T19:33:45Z

Getting Started

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	$ mkdir latex2html		$ mkdir latex2html
	$ cd latex2html		$ cd latex2html
	$ wget ~~http~~://~~www~~.latex2html.~~org~~/~~~latex2ht~~/~~current~~/latex2html~~-2002-~~2-1.tar.gz # ~~03.27.2012~~		$ wget -O latex2html-2019.2.tar.gz [https://github.com/latex2html/latex2html/archive/v2019.2.tar.gz https://github.com/latex2html/latex2html/archive/v2019.2.tar.gz] #6 th June 2019 release

	Next, we'll create some other needed files with touch. If you're not familiar with touch, see:		Next, we'll create some other needed files with touch. If you're not familiar with touch, see:
	man touch		man touch

Aeifn: /* Introduction */

2017-07-19T08:40:57Z

Introduction

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	Substantial cleanup and enhancement by Robby Workman (rworkman)		Substantial cleanup and enhancement by Robby Workman (rworkman)

	If you use slackware as your main operating system, you have probably wanted to install quite a few applications which are not available in the official slackware.com or even third-party repositories like ~~linuxpackages~~.~~net~~, or perhaps you just don't like using third-party packages. In this situation, you have several options on how to install the application:		If you use slackware as your main operating system, you have probably wanted to install quite a few applications which are not available in the official slackware.com or even third-party repositories like pkgs.org, or perhaps you just don't like using third-party packages. In this situation, you have several options on how to install the application:

	* ./configure && make && make install		* ./configure && make && make install