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I've read in slackware that just getting the source code for an application , & doing ./configure ,
make , make install isn't the best way to install a package for reasons which are slowly being assimilated by what's left of my grey matter.

I'm after cssed which is a nice style sheet editor, I have had a look using Gslapt, sourcery
and looked at slackbulds.org ; none of them have it unless I’m missing something.

I can can get the source code from http://cssed.sourceforge.net/ ; now being realistic and taking into account I’m fairly new to the idea of builds , am no spring chicken , & have a user name which suggests I’m not related to Einstein ,how easy would it be to construct


./package
|-- README
|-- package.info
|-- package.SlackBuild
|-- package.desktop
|-- package.png
|-- slack-desc

Well you know the old adage build it for them , and they will be OK for a while, but teach em how to build it themselves will last them a life time

First step: download the sourcecode, unpack (probably tar -zxvf filename.gz) if necessary (not as root) . .. and look for the README file or possible others with BLOCK CAPITAL names like INSTALL. If Slackware is mentioned, you may be ok just following the instructions!

EDIT

Having had a look at the website, I think just installing it may not be best. It looks like this should help:

http://www.salixos.org/wiki/index.php/B ... _slkbuild

However, as I mentioned earlier, I've never actually done this myself so if anyone knows better, please post to say so!

I think you mentioned in your previous post that you were using vim. That's a useful skill. There is also geany (if you're using xfce, anyway) which some people find more forgiving (or install gvim). If following the instructions I've linked to, just select the model code and paste it into the window by clicking with the middle mouse button, and edit according to the instructions below the code. Assuming these really are the right instructions, and assuming the application itself is sound, I don't think you should have any difficulty as long as you double-check everything.

If not - are there any packages in the repos that would meet your needs instead? That's perhaps the *first* question one should ask, because if so, you don't have to worry about packaging.

I like that old adage for Linux!

ok thanks
mimosa



had a look at http://www.salixos.org/wiki/index.php/B ... _slkbuild

i might understand it one day ! in the meantime maybe could use another app like you say like bluefish

or just use configure, make make install

Generally best to go with what's already available if it does the job. Having said that, rolling your own probably isn't that hard as long as you follow the instructions carefully - and you seem like someone who isn't afraid of rolling their sleeves up and trying things out

The other thing about the repos as well as the packaging being done already is that if someone has packaged the app and put it in the repos, the app itself probably works, and works *with the distro*. It's not exactly a guarantee of quality, but it does verge on a recommendation - especially with people as careful and thorough as experienced Slackers tend to be.

Maybe that's why in over a year with this distro, I still haven't got round to trying this out myself, with the exception of one or two very straightforward and standard things.