Salix OS

Testing on Salix 14.2 (32-Bit), I noticed that the Sourcery package "m64py" needs "PyQt" (some version 4).

Having the compiling error messages here is probably good if someone tries to detect that exact same problem.

Slackbuild blobby2, the Blobby Volley game, fails to compile as the package called "boost" isn't installed.

CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake-3.5/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1657 (message):
Unable to find the requested Boost libraries.

Unable to find the Boost header files. Please set BOOST_ROOT to the root
directory containing Boost or BOOST_INCLUDEDIR to the directory containing
Boost's headers.

CMake Error: The following variables are used in this project, but they are set to NOTFOUND.
Please set them or make sure they are set and tested correctly in the CMake files:
Boost_INCLUDE_DIR (ADVANCED)

Broken link for the Slackbuild pgadmin3 (v.1.22.1) on Salix 14.2:
https://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/pgadmin/ ... 2.1.tar.gz

Have a look at this directory:
https://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/pgadmin/pgadmin3/

Currently you'll only see v.1.22.2 there. The directory for v.1.22.1 was removed. I didn't find it anywhere on their server.

Running on the old Salix 14.1, 32-Bit, sqliteman-1.2.2 requires QScintilla. The same version is in use on Salix 14.2 and throws the same error message:

CMake Error at cmake/modules/FindQScintilla.cmake:53 (MESSAGE):
Could not find QScintilla library

Thanks Bird, as always! I have added the missing deps, but I won't be able to do anything with broken download links.

If you'd want to push Sourcery forward, a failed download could throw a different error message. Like download failed.
Or maybe removing the discontinued packages from the old repos.
Although it's sad to speak about "discontinued" packages in the Linux environment somehow.
Dammit, Salix 14.1 still has a great purpouse! In the same way that Windows XP might be the best option for computers around 2000, old Linux might be the best option for them as well. Just because it's old doesn't mean it doesn't work.

Gapan, what are your plans on discontinuing older versions of Salix? When will you say, sorry, no more updates? What's the business plan?

system-config-printer needs the following packages:

• python-request

• python-urllib3

• python-chardet or python-charset-normilizer

• python-certifi

• python-idna

Bird wrote: ↑7. Apr 2022, 09:52 Gapan, what are your plans on discontinuing older versions of Salix? When will you say, sorry, no more updates? What's the business plan?

Whenever updates become impossible for a certain package (for example, I can't upgrade firefox in salix <=14.1 anymore) or when slackware stops providing upgrades altogether for the same release.

laprjns wrote: ↑7. May 2022, 00:08 system-config-printer needs the following packages:

• python-request

• python-urllib3

• python-chardet or python-charset-normilizer

• python-certifi

• python-idna

Thanks laprjns! Added along with pygobject3 and gtk+3.

abiword-3.0.5 needs the following packages:
libical,boost,librevenge,libwps,raptor2,rasqal,redland,libwpd,libwpg,libexif,gvfs,goffice.

with this build;
./configure \
--prefix=/usr \
--sysconfdir=/etc \
--localstatedir=/var \
--mandir=/usr/man \
--libdir=/usr/lib64 \
--disable-static \
--enable-shared \
--enable-clipart \
--enable-templates \
--with-redland \
--with-boost=yes \
--with-goffice