Great Little Radio Player..Streaming

[thomastt37]

Hi Group..So far I haven't been able to find this in the repository,but it is available from Sourceforge.However I have been unable to install it in Salix 13.37 KDE 64 bit,can someone advise whether this is actually possible in Salix/Slackware.Widely available for DEB/RPM etc
Michael

[mimosa]

First off, did you look at the README / Get info to see if anything is needed for this to work?

Secondly, what happens when you try to build it? How does the build fail?

EDIT Scrub that, I read your post too quickly - thought you were talking about Sourcery / slapt-src

Assuming it's not available there, it's simp0ly a case of downloading the tarball and trying to build it. What exactly did you do and what exactly happened when you did?

[thomastt37]

Thank you Mimosa,after more investigation it "Great Little Radio Player" doesnt appear to be available for any Slackware based Operating system which is a pity because its a nice little programme.[even available for ARCH Linux !!]
Salix seems to be very limited as to what one can install from exterior sources,correct me please if I am wrong?Seems as though if its not in the repository thats it!
I would like to install Chromium browser but that doesn't seem to be available either.
On this basis I dont think that I shall be trialing Salix much longer..unless matters improve.
Michael

[mimosa]

That's not quite it: there is also the slackbuilds.org repository, accessible with slapt-src or its GUI, Sourcery. These are not packages but buildscripts. One is available for Chromium.

I suggest you have a look at the package management section in the Salix Startup Guide (this is for 13.37, but still largely applicable, and about package management, entirely so):

http://docs.salixos.org/wiki/Salix_Startup_Guide

Salix has the largest repositories of any Slackware-based distribution. Nonetheless, whatever distro you use, you will probably eventually reach the point where you want to build your own packages from source.

[thomastt37]

Thanks Mimosa I will have a look Michael

[antmon]

You can try rpm2tgz. Report back if it worked.

[gapan]

There is also radiotray, which is available through slapt-src/sourcery...

[ElderDryas]

There is also radiotray, which is available through slapt-src/sourcery...

gapan's correct (of course:), but pay close attention to the required dependencies (and their dependencies), as always.