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Dingo

fotowall-0.9 (for Puppy Linux 5.2.5)
- http://www.dokupuppylinux.co.cc/programs:photo_tools
- direct download

disciple · Posted: Fri 05 Aug 2011, 18:54 Post subject:

This is another static QT app, isn't it?

Dingo · Posted: Fri 05 Aug 2011, 19:07 Post subject:

disciple · Posted: Fri 05 Aug 2011, 21:29 Post subject:

Sorry to get off topic, but since you're making so many static packages, I'd like to ask:

disciple · Posted: Fri 05 Aug 2011, 21:30 Post subject:

BTW, I presume you're familiar with the QT apps in this old thread?

Dingo · Posted: Sat 06 Aug 2011, 06:52 Post subject:

yes I seen

the main purpose of making STATIC QT packages is giving ability to users of Puppy 2.14, 3.01, 4.3.x series, to use (if they need or want) to use packages otherwise not available for their puppy version, without needing to install additional QT4 libs or not available in their series or potentially dangerous for system (if they already have QT3)

QT STATIC are the *extrema ratio* for user, when he runs happily a good old puppy version but he need to use a program built on latest QT4 libs

let do an example: I run since 2007 Puppy 3.01, but when I need strictly a program built on latest QT4 libs, I start Lucid Puppy, compile STATICALLY and then, if it has no other relevant dependencies, I can use the program built statically in my good old Puppy 3.01 without fear to break system installing latest QT4 libs (if available), or crying because I can't build latest QT4 (that need a gcc newer than gcc contained in Puppy 3.01-4.3.1)

I also figured to insert a postinstall script in static qt packages, to ask in a x(gx) message window, if user want to move qt static executable outside puppy save, but then I preferred to not include; anyone can move outside puppy save if wants

all this because Puppy, we know, is different from Ubuntu that abandon users of old versions, while old puppies can be better than newer in many cases and in many hardwares and are worthy to support

disciple · Posted: Sat 06 Aug 2011, 07:06 Post subject:

But surely if you've managed to compile a recent QT4 with static libs that work in an old Puppy, the dynamic libs would also work in it?

Dingo · Posted: Sat 06 Aug 2011, 07:12 Post subject:

muggins · Joined: 20 Jan 2006 Posts: 6673 Location: lisbon

@Dingo, good work. QT4 is a behomoth compared to puppy, so if someone wants just one QT4-based app, without QT4, this is the way to do it.

@Disciple, how are statically compiled QT4 apps any worse than portablelinuxapps?

disciple · Posted: Sat 06 Aug 2011, 18:12 Post subject:

They probably aren't worse. But I thought the point of portablelinuxapps was that people could use them on any distro when they they don't have the permissions to install software in the normal way... which shouldn't be an issue here in "root forever" land.

seaside · Joined: 11 Apr 2007 Posts: 886

Dingo,

Thanks for making this available. I ran it in pup525 and could not get the images from Flickr or Google (just grey boxes) after a search.

I noticed this error on start "VideoDevice::open: Unable to open file "/dev/video". It also froze after using it a bit.

Any ideas,

Regards,
s

Geoffrey · Posted: Tue 09 Aug 2011, 01:25 Post subject:

Pelo

The prettiest graphics tool available in Puppy, and not so expensive in MBs
Is that always true that fotowall can be used only with Lucid Puppies ? (2014)
Fotowall 1.0 Lucid 52 from Lucid package repository.

Billtoo · Joined: 07 Apr 2009 Posts: 2058 Location: Ontario Canada

Fotowall works in Quirky 6.1