sboui: ncurses-based UI for SBo package managers (call for testers)

montagdude · 06-05-2023, 09:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by francois.e

How could one use sboui as a gui interface over slpkg package and sbo manager? What one had to provide as info to the custom options?

Would dependency resolution operate?

Thanks.

I don't know anything about those tools, but they could possibly work with sboui. Here are the requirements:

They need to download a copy of the SBo repositority locally. You point to this directory with the repo_dir setting.
They must have suitable commands to plug into sync_cmd, install_cmd, upgrade_cmd, and reinstall_cmd. (Some of these commands can be the same. That's the case with sbopkg, for example, which uses "sbopkg -B -i" for each of the last three commands listed.)

If these requirements are satisfied, dependency resolution will work, since sboui handles that.

rizitis · 06-05-2023, 10:54 AM

I think you must start by editing this file https://github.com/montagdude/sboui/...c/settings.cpp

for example

Code:

if (package_manager == "sbopkg")
      repo_dir = "/var/lib/sbopkg/SBo/15.0";
    else if (package_manager == "sbotools")
      repo_dir = "/usr/sbo/repo";
+   else if (package_manager == "slpkg")
+     repo_dir = "/var/lib/slpkg/repositories/sbo"; 
    else if (package_manager == "built-in")
      repo_dir = "/var/lib/sboui/repo";
    else

if ( (package_manager != "sbopkg") && (package_manager != "sbotools") &&
-      (package_manager != "built-in") && (package_manager != "custom") )
+      (package_manager != "built-in") && (package_manager != "slpkg") )


if (package_manager == "sbopkg")
      sync_cmd = "sbopkg -r";
+   else if (package_manager == "slpkg")
+     sync_cmd = "slpkg -uy";
    else if (package_manager == "sbotools")
      sync_cmd = "sbosnap update";
    else if (package_manager == "built-in")
      sync_cmd = "sboui-backend update";
    else

if (package_manager == "sbopkg")
      install_cmd = "sbopkg -B -i";
+   else if (package_manager == "slpkg")
+     install_cmd = "slpkg -iy";
    else if (package_manager == "sbotools")
      install_cmd = "sboinstall -r";
    else if (package_manager == "built-in")
      install_cmd = "sboui-backend install -f";
    else


if (package_manager == "sbopkg")
      reinstall_cmd = "sbopkg -B -i";
+   else if (package_manager == "slpkg")
+     reinstall_cmd = "slpkg -iry";
    else if (package_manager == "sbotools")
      reinstall_cmd = "sboinstall --reinstall -r";
    else if (package_manager == "built-in")
      reinstall_cmd = "sboui-backend install -f";
    else

these are some examples... But it not need lot of work. Before start do man slpkg to learn the exactly commands options for each time...

EDIT: this example assume that your /etc/slpkg/repository.toml has default repo SBo repo.

montagdude · 06-05-2023, 04:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rizitis

I think you must start by editing this file https://github.com/montagdude/sboui/...c/settings.cpp

for example

Code:

if (package_manager == "sbopkg")
      repo_dir = "/var/lib/sbopkg/SBo/15.0";
    else if (package_manager == "sbotools")
      repo_dir = "/usr/sbo/repo";
+   else if (package_manager == "slpkg")
+     repo_dir = "/var/lib/slpkg/repositories/sbo"; 
    else if (package_manager == "built-in")
      repo_dir = "/var/lib/sboui/repo";
    else

if ( (package_manager != "sbopkg") && (package_manager != "sbotools") &&
-      (package_manager != "built-in") && (package_manager != "custom") )
+      (package_manager != "built-in") && (package_manager != "slpkg") )


if (package_manager == "sbopkg")
      sync_cmd = "sbopkg -r";
+   else if (package_manager == "slpkg")
+     sync_cmd = "slpkg -uy";
    else if (package_manager == "sbotools")
      sync_cmd = "sbosnap update";
    else if (package_manager == "built-in")
      sync_cmd = "sboui-backend update";
    else

if (package_manager == "sbopkg")
      install_cmd = "sbopkg -B -i";
+   else if (package_manager == "slpkg")
+     install_cmd = "slpkg -iy";
    else if (package_manager == "sbotools")
      install_cmd = "sboinstall -r";
    else if (package_manager == "built-in")
      install_cmd = "sboui-backend install -f";
    else


if (package_manager == "sbopkg")
      reinstall_cmd = "sbopkg -B -i";
+   else if (package_manager == "slpkg")
+     reinstall_cmd = "slpkg -iry";
    else if (package_manager == "sbotools")
      reinstall_cmd = "sboinstall --reinstall -r";
    else if (package_manager == "built-in")
      reinstall_cmd = "sboui-backend install -f";
    else

these are some examples... But it not need lot of work. Before start do man slpkg to learn the exactly commands options for each time...

EDIT: this example assume that your /etc/slpkg/repository.toml has default repo SBo repo.

No need to edit the source file. Just set package_manager = custom and set the commands appropriately in ~/.sboui.conf (or via the Options dialog in sboui itself).

rizitis · 06-06-2023, 01:25 AM

@montagdude thank you!

1 minute needed from sboui dialog to setup sboui with slpkg and ponce repo for slackware-current.
So now slpkg have ui and sboui support ponce repo for current since slpkg create SLACKBUILD.TXT for ponce current

edit: since I changed repo sboui asked me to hit 's' to updated repo database. it works ok, but since slpkg can support
several repo it update all of them if updates are on. Thats why you can see "alien repo updated" in image 2 . But thats not a problem for sboui it works fine with the default slpkg repo if its SBo or ponce in slpkg repozitories.toml

montagdude · 06-06-2023, 01:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rizitis

@montagdude thank you!

1 minute needed from sboui dialog to setup sboui with slpkg and ponce repo for slackware-current.
So now slpkg have ui and sboui support ponce repo for current since slpkg create SLACKBUILD.TXT for ponce current

edit: since I changed repo sboui asked me to hit 's' to updated repo database. it works ok, but since slpkg can support
several repo it update all of them if updates are on. Thats why you can see "alien repo updated" in image 2 . But thats not a problem for sboui it works fine with the default slpkg repo if its SBo or ponce in slpkg repozitories.toml

Great! Glad it worked out with no trouble. Maybe I'll put together a new release with slpkg as one of the ones in the list. Gotta check my TODO list and see if there are any other features or bugs I should address at the same time.

francois.e · 06-07-2023, 10:55 PM

@rizitis
Great to hear about slpkg compatibility with sboui. And what about Spman compatibility.