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Alien's Slackware packages

Fri, 21 Jul 2017 19:04:50 GMT
icedtea-web: Updated to 1.7. Note: this package needs either openjdk or openjre, built using icedtea. openjdk: updated to 8u141_b15 also for Slackware 13.37 and 14.0.
Mon, 17 Jul 2017 15:40:32 GMT
mkvtoolnix: updated to 13.0.0 for Slackware 14.2 and -current. Depends on libxkbcommon, qt5 and qt5-webkit packages. On Slackware 14.2 you will have to add libinput and libwacom packages as well.

Alien's unofficial KDE Slackware packages

Sun, 23 Jul 2017 08:37:59 GMT
current/latest: the following packages that are part of KDE 5_17.07, both 33bit and 64bit, have been recompiled to compensate for recent incompatible library updates in slackware-current: kde4:libkexiv2_4,kfilemetadata frameworks:kfilemetadata5 applications:libkexiv2,gwenview,kde-runtime,okular applications-extra:digikam,krita
Mon, 17 Jul 2017 13:22:49 GMT
Here is KDE 5_17.07 for Slackware, consisting of the KDE Frameworks 5.36.0, Plasma 5.10.3 and Applications 17.04.3. All this on top of Qt 5.9.0 for Slackware-current and Qt 5.7.1 for Slackware 14.2. KDE-5_17.07 is meant to be installed on top of Slackware 14.2 or -current. Upgrading from the previous 5_17.06 is straight-forward. Please read the […]

Alien's multilib packages

Thu, 20 Jul 2017 14:52:23 GMT
current/slackware64-compat32: Refreshed the *compat32 packages.
Wed, 19 Jul 2017 13:06:45 GMT
current/compat32-tools-3.7-noarch-13alien.tgz: In massconvert32.sh, added l/libwebp since many programs now link against its library. current/slackware64-compat32: Refreshed the *compat32 packages.

Slackware64-current

slackware64 current changes for Fri, 21 Jul 2017 20:09:49 GMT July 21, 2017
l/seamonkey-solibs-2.48-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded. xap/seamonkey-2.48-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded. This update contains security fixes and improvements. For more information, see: http://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/seamonkey2.48 (* Security fix *)

Archive for the tag "live"

How to create a Slackware Live USB stick if you are not using Slackware

This article describes how you transfer the content of a “Slackware Live Edition” ISO file onto a USB stick (aka pendrive) thereby making that USB drive bootable, and persistent. The guide is meant for people who are not already running Slackware but still want to try Slackware on a Live USB medium. Note that the parent […]

Posted: 18 July, 2017 in Slackware, Software.
Tags: live, liveslak
Comments: 6

July 17 updates – Plasma 5, Live ISOS and more

Slackware turned 24 today, 17 July. To celebrate I have created some goodies for you. Nothing you can eat or drink… First, Plasma 5 updates. I have uploaded the July ’17 set of Plasma 5 packages for Slackware 14.2 and -current to the ‘ktown’ repository. KDE 5_17.07 contains: KDE Frameworks 5.36.0, Plasma 5.10.3 and Applications 17.04.3. All based on Qt 5.9.0 for Slackware-current and Qt […]

Posted: 18 July, 2017 in Science, Slackware.
Tags: birthday, kde5, live, liveslak, plasma5
Comments: 23

New ISO for Slackware Live PLASMA5, with Stack Clash proof kernel and Plasma 5.10.2

After I released KDE 5_17.06 (June edition of my Plasma 5 package set) for Slackware 14.2 and -current a few days ago, I have now also uploaded an ISO image for the Slackware Live PLASMA5 Edition based on liveslak 1.1.8.1 and Slackware-current dated “Mon Jun 26 20:36:18 UTC 2017“. It will be the only Live variant this time, […]

Posted: 27 June, 2017 in Slackware, Software.
Tags: kde5, live, liveslak, plasma5
Comments: 20

liveslak 1.1.8 and new ISO images

Not much news of late about my ‘liveslak‘ scripts. I occasionally tweak them but the modifications these days are fairly minor. I stamped a new version on the repository this week: liveslak 1.1.8 on the occasion that I wanted to generate and upload a fresh series of Slackware-current based Live ISO images. After all, liveslak is meant to […]

Posted: 12 May, 2017 in Slackware, Software.
Tags: live, liveslak
Comments: 16

May updates for Plasma 5 (Slackware)

The May 2017 updates for my ‘ktown’ repository are fairly minimal, but anyway here it is: KDE 5_17.05. This new release contains: KDE Frameworks 5.33.0, Plasma 5.9.5 and Applications 17.04.0. All of this is still built on top of Qt 5.7.1. NOTE: I will no longer be releasing Plasma 5 packages for 32bit Slackware 14.2. What’s new in KDE 5_17.05? The ‘deps’ section […]

Posted: 4 May, 2017 in Slackware, Software.
Tags: kde, kde5, live, plasma5
Comments: 29