Compiz (and fusion)

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oscar
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Compiz (and fusion)

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Hi.
Trying to install compiz with slapt-get, i saw that it has half of kde as dependencies, so i gave up. Then i compiled it by myself, adding to the configure a "disable-kde4" option and it worked. I became curious, so i tried also to compile some compiz-fusion elements (compiz-bcop, libcompizconfig, compizconfig-python, ccsm, simple-ccsm, compiz-fusion-plugins-main) and i think that the only dependency i had to install is pyrex (installed from repo).
I just wanted to share this. Maybe u can recompile compiz using the "disable-kde4" option and then offer it in the repo free from dependencies, or go further and offer a fairly complete compiz-fusion. My slackbuilds are available, of course.
Thanks and greetings.
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Good, could you post your SLKBUILDs and your packages please ? I want to test :)
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Re: Compiz (and fusion)

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No problem.
Is there a way to upload them here or should I put them on a public ftp or file sharing service?
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oscar wrote:No problem.
Is there a way to upload them here or should I put them on a public ftp or file sharing service?
Hi Oscar,

If you are planning to contribute regularly to Salix (as it seems you might ;) ) I could provide you with your own Salix ftp account. Interested?

You'll find useful packaging info, including the usual procedure for submitting packages to Salix repo, here: http://www.salixos.org/wiki/index.php/C ... :Packaging
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Re: Compiz (and fusion)

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If you are planning to contribute regularly to Salix (as it seems you might ;) ) I could provide you with your own Salix ftp account. Interested?
Oh thanks! Yes, I could be interested this time, because I find this distro amazing. I don't have much time (and no time at all during the weekends usually), but I can try to see what i can do. Until now I always followed the slackbuilds.org rules for packaging, but on monday I'll read yours and see... ;-)
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Re: Compiz (and fusion)

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For who's interested, a complete compiz-fusion set is maintained at slackbuilds.org and it works perfectly on Salix. I just think we should remove all the unnecessary dependencies from the Salix repository's compiz package.
Thanks.
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I just think we should remove all the unnecessary dependencies from the Salix repository's compiz package
This would make a lot more sense :idea:
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Re: Compiz (and fusion)

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There is no compiz package in the Salix repository. :D
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I mean the stock slackware compiz package in our repositories, that take with it half of kde and more as dependencies.
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