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pp4mnklinux · Joined: 23 Aug 2013 Posts: 379

Hello everybody:

I'm using puppy tahr linux 6.0.2 updated to 6.0.5.

My default browser is SLIMJET 15.1.2.0

i WANT TO UPDATE IT BUT when I update from the browser (applying update) it doesn't work.

When I download slimjet 18 .pet it does't work, the update doesn't work

So I, PLEASE, ask u to make a pet with the last version of SLIMJET

I LIKE TO BE UPDATED WITH THE LASTEST SOFT, SO I'LL BE REALLY THANKFULL WITH YOU IF YOU HELP ME

THANKS A LOT.-...... I'M WAITING FOR IT.

THANKY

https://photos.app.goo.gl/WUDrJhawzVeMOB6x2

mjmikulcik · Joined: 09 Jun 2017 Posts: 45

what are the errors you get when running the updated pet?

OscarTalks · Joined: 05 Feb 2012 Posts: 2202 Location: London, England

I uploaded .pet and .sfs packages of Slimjet 19.0.2.0 earlier today.
It will NOT run in TahrPup though.
I forget the details, but some libraries would need to be upgraded.
Sorry, but I have no plans to do this.
Slimjet 15.1.6.0 is available and runs OK in TahrPup

This Slimjet is based on Chromium 66.
Only 32bit packages of this from me
Runs as spot
Tested briefly in XenialPup and Dpup Stretch.
For anyone wanting to run recent or latest versions of Chromium derivative browsers I recommend upgrading your Puppy version to something more recent than Tahr
https://yadi.sk/d/fd8rBM0WoF9sB?force_show=1

Mike Walsh · Joined: 28 Jun 2014 Posts: 6397 Location: King's Lynn, UK.

@ pp4mnklinux:-

If you upgrade to Tahr 606 (uefi), you can run Oscar's Iron 63 package. Iron is another Chromium 'clone'; more similar to Chrome itself than SlimJet, but a damn good browser for all that.

You can find Oscar's Iron 63 here:-

https://yadi.sk/d/_S5b4g7tpcyZn?force_show=1

It may even run in Tahr 6.05, but I can't confirm that, since I no longer run it.

Mike. Wink

pp4mnklinux · Joined: 23 Aug 2013 Posts: 379

thanks a lot. - I thought I must update... now I'm sure, but the problem is that I worked a lot to configure my puppy.

thanky

pp4mnklinux · Joined: 23 Aug 2013 Posts: 379

OscarTalks · Joined: 05 Feb 2012 Posts: 2202 Location: London, England

In fact I can get Slimjet 19.0.2.0 running in TahrPup 6.0.5 without too much difficulty.
Update PPM and install libgtk-3
Update Palemoon to latest version (to provide latest NSS libraries)
Install Slimjet 19.0.2.0 .pet
Add the line:-
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/palemoon:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
to /usr/bin/flashpeak-slimjet above the "exec" line
(This gives priority to the new NSS libraries)
Menu entry should be there or start from terminal with the command slimjet
Testing only, take precautions as necessary.

pp4mnklinux · Joined: 23 Aug 2013 Posts: 379

Mike Walsh · Joined: 28 Jun 2014 Posts: 6397 Location: King's Lynn, UK.

Thanks for that 'workaround', Oscar. Working nicely in Tahr 6.0.6 (uefi).

As you know, I still build the Chrome/Iron packages. I'd kinda given up on the SlimJet variants, however, because from series 17 onwards they were becoming absolute sods to get running at all. For some reason the tricks that worked with Iron simply didn't translate to SlimJet.....so I let it all slide, and concentrated on what would work.

Now that I know it'll run OK in the 32-bitzers, I'll see about getting it up-and-running in Xenial & Bionic. Thanks for renewing my interest.

Cheers.

Mike. Wink

Mike Walsh · Joined: 28 Jun 2014 Posts: 6397 Location: King's Lynn, UK.

@ Oscar:-

Initial problem with NetFlix. Came up with one of its famous 'Error Codes'. According to the NetFlix Help Center, the solution to that one was to re-boot (Windows/Mac-only answer, but it was the only one with that specific code), so..... Just to be on the safe side, I swapped libwidevinecdm.so & libwidevinecdmadapter.so with their counterparts from your Iron 63 package.

No idea which was the actual solution, but it's all working now. Can't be without my Star Trek!

(Curiously, for some reason Slimmie's using the default cursor theme instead of the installed 'Polar Cursors'. I've got a feeling you mentioned the solution to this somewhere else quite a while ago; you wouldn't care to jog my memory, would you?)

Cheers.

Mike. Wink

Mike Walsh · Joined: 28 Jun 2014 Posts: 6397 Location: King's Lynn, UK.

@ Oscar:-

Runs fine in Xenialpup using the same 'workaround'.

Bionic's a slightly different story. Peebee doesn't install Palemoon in his builds. I do, however, have Fred's FF-Quantum 'portable', so I modified the LD_LIBRARY_PATH addition to read

peebee · Posted: Sun 10 Jun 2018, 04:01 Post subject:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/lxpup/files/Other/LxPupSc/browsers/slimjet_lxsc_spot_19.0.2.0.sfs/download

works on both LxPupSc and UPupBB.....

Mike Walsh · Joined: 28 Jun 2014 Posts: 6397 Location: King's Lynn, UK.

Morning, Peter.

Well, thanks for the link. I'll have a look at that a little later, when I get the chance; I'm more curious than bothered, as to why that error comes up with certain Chromium 'clones' but not others.....

Cheers.

Mike. Wink

OscarTalks · Joined: 05 Feb 2012 Posts: 2202 Location: London, England

Mike Walsh · Joined: 28 Jun 2014 Posts: 6397 Location: King's Lynn, UK.

@ Oscar:-

Ah, that's right. I knew it was something simple.....but off the top of my head, I just couldn't remember it. And I really didn't fancy digging back through tons of old posts; I'm getting lazy in my old age, mate! Laughing

Cheers!

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@ peebee:-

Peter, that runs fine, but.....there's the same old problem of crashing on download/upload.

I've run the