Building the KDE4 for Slackware 15.0 in the KTown style - a build based on the PBSLACKS patches

LuckyCyborg · 04-05-2023, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by cwizardone

OK. In progress to the easyload link in your post.
This is going to take awhile. I'll send you the password when the upload has finished.

The Great Wizard is Great! Thanks you a lot! It will be very useful for me.

BUT, why did you put a password to upload?

marav · 04-05-2023, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by cwizardone

OK. How?

usb key / airplane / good food / good wine / usb key > PC

That's it

cwizardone · 04-05-2023, 02:34 PM

Here is the link. Good for 6 days.
https://easyupload.io/q8hamy

pw:cwizard1

LuckyCyborg · 04-05-2023, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by cwizardone

Here is the link. Good for 6 days.
https://easyupload.io/q8hamy

Thanks a lot!

BTW, you are kind to give a SHA256 checksum for when the download is finished?

cwizardone · 04-05-2023, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by LuckyCyborg

Thanks a lot!

BTW, you are kind to give a SHA256 checksum for when the download is finished?

Wouldn't even know how. The computer knowledge of many of the users here is way, way, way over my head.

The upload paused a couple of times during transmission, once for a minute or so. What that means, I don't know.
The original file was downloaded from Alienbob's repository.
Other than decompress it, I added the date and "kde4" to the file name.

LuckyCyborg · 04-05-2023, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by cwizardone

Wouldn't even know how. The computer knowledge of many of the users here is way, way, way over my head.

Execute this command in a terminal, in the folder where your ISO is:

Code:

sha256sum slackware64-current-6-dec-20-kde4-install-dvd.iso

then just copy & paste the output.

That's all.

This is just a measure to check if the file which you have is identical with the one finally downloaded on my computer.

cwizardone · 04-05-2023, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by LuckyCyborg

Execute this command in a terminal, in the folder where your ISO is:

Code:

sha256sum slackware64-current-6-dec-20-kde4-install-dvd.iso

then just copy & paste the output.

That's all.

This is just a measure to ensure that the file which you have is identical with the one downloaded on my computer.

Code:

49112107eca2a8240d7f6326b42e22207db4d4dcb128252dd68f05518c96e8fd  slackware64-current-6-dec-20-kde4-install-dvd.iso

LuckyCyborg · 04-05-2023, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by cwizardone

Code:

49112107eca2a8240d7f6326b42e22207db4d4dcb128252dd68f05518c96e8fd  slackware64-current-6-dec-20-kde4-install-dvd.iso

Many thanks, again!

LATER:

Code:

# cat slackware64-current-6-dec-20-kde4-install-dvd.iso.sha256
49112107eca2a8240d7f6326b42e22207db4d4dcb128252dd68f05518c96e8fd  slackware64-current-6-dec-20-kde4-install-dvd.iso
# sha256sum -c slackware64-current-6-dec-20-kde4-install-dvd.iso.sha256
slackware64-current-6-dec-20-kde4-install-dvd.iso: OK

The ISO file was successfully delivered.

EVEN LATER:

So, the ISO contains the -current's packages of December 5, 2020 - last update before merging the Plasma5 into -current, along with the KDE4 removal.

You did a really great job preserving this particular ISO file! I for one I have missed to do this.

marav · 04-05-2023, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by LuckyCyborg

You did a really great job preserving this particular ISO file!

And we will keep it here too

https://matoda.pw/publik/KDE4_town/iso/

marav · 04-06-2023, 03:32 AM

Fortunately, I had kept some free Mega account, with 50G free

So, here is a more "worldwide" place, unlimited time:

https://mega.nz/folder/RZc1RLjD#rJU6B_aAeuKFgI77MHzpcg

LuckyCyborg · 04-06-2023, 04:00 AM

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Originally Posted by marav

And we will keep it here too

https://matoda.pw/publik/KDE4_town/iso/

Quote:

Originally Posted by marav

Fortunately, I had kept some free Mega account, with 50G free

So, here is a more "worldwide" place, unlimited time:

https://mega.nz/folder/RZc1RLjD#rJU6B_aAeuKFgI77MHzpcg

Many thanks, Monsieur Marav!

marav · 04-06-2023, 05:02 AM

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Originally Posted by LuckyCyborg

Many thanks, Monsieur Marav!

pozhaluysta

(uncertain translation ...)
or

Ne za chto!

cwizardone · 04-07-2023, 01:22 PM

FWIW: Did a fresh installation of the most recent current late yesterday and just now installed the kde4 packages over it.
As the last time,* kde4 works, but the same problems with Okular remain.
Adding gamin-0.1.10-x86_64-9 to the list of dependencies might be a good idea.

*The last time, https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...ml#post6422300

BrunoLafleur · 04-08-2023, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by cwizardone

FWIW: Did a fresh installation of the most recent current late yesterday and just now installed the kde4 packages over it.
As the last time,* kde4 works, but the same problems with Okular remain.
Adding gamin-0.1.10-x86_64-9 to the list of dependencies might be a good idea.

*The last time, https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...ml#post6422300

For the Okular problem I have made some changes :

-I have changed
https://github.com/BrunoLafleur/pbsl...qt4.SlackBuild
to put all the poppler libs for that version in a sub directory instead of removing libs which collides with the official poppler package (which is no more the same version).

-I have made also a cmake/okular file inside kde4 to tell okular the good poppler to link to.

-I have also made a little change in kde.SlackBuild for optional inhibiting the runpath removal which is inside the script (which can also lead to some kde4 plugins problems). So okular will find the good poppler libs for pdf files :

https://github.com/BrunoLafleur/pbsl...kde.SlackBuild
https://github.com/BrunoLafleur/pbsl...e/cmake/okular

ZhaoLin1457 · 04-09-2023, 01:03 AM

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Originally Posted by BrunoLafleur

For the Okular problem I have made some changes :

-I have changed
https://github.com/BrunoLafleur/pbsl...qt4.SlackBuild
to put all the poppler libs for that version in a sub directory instead of removing libs which collides with the official poppler package (which is no more the same version).

-I have made also a cmake/okular file inside kde4 to tell okular the good poppler to link to.

-I have also made a little change in kde.SlackBuild for optional inhibiting the runpath removal which is inside the script (which can also lead to some kde4 plugins problems). So okular will find the good poppler libs for pdf files :

https://github.com/BrunoLafleur/pbsl...kde.SlackBuild
https://github.com/BrunoLafleur/pbsl...e/cmake/okular

I can confirm that this method of building and using the poppler-qt4 package fixes PDF support in Okular.

I have adjusted the SlackBuilds for poppler-qt4 and for KDE4 after the last changes from pbslacks, and after building/installing the result was a success of opening a PDF file in Okular.

Kudos for fixing the Okular issue, BrunoLafleur!

But allow me a question: how safe is it to use an old poppler? As far as I know, it is software that has CVEs that were fixed even in Slackware 15.0.

Isn't it safer to use an updated patch for Qt4 along with the stock poppler, which seems to have been the way LuckyCyborg started?