Dpup Wheezy. Woof-CE built debian wheezy 7.2 packages used

[musher0]

Just a fast update...

For what it's worth... Even though this is still in beta-stage, of all puppy's I have tested to date, Wheezy proves to be the most 'stable' and 'reliable' of any I have tested!

>>>---Indian------>

Yeah, wheezypup's stability is pretty extraordinary, by comparison with some Puppies I've been testing lately. I wouldn't say it's "the most" (I want to keep my friends!), but it's certainly "one of the most" stable and reliable Puppies, way up there with the older Puppy 4.31 and dpup 4.85.

Many thanks, pemasu.

musher0

[charlie6]

Hi,

Just a fast update...
For what it's worth... Even though this is still in beta-stage, of all puppy's I have tested to date, Wheezy proves to be the most 'stable' and 'reliable' of any I have tested!
>>>---Indian------>

Yeah, wheezypup's stability is pretty extraordinary, by comparison with some Puppies I've been testing lately...

... I vote "for" ... ...one fast woof-update ?

A ton of thanks ...and congrats, Pemasu !
Charlie

[futwerk]

new backgrounds.

[musher0]

Hello, world!

Is it me or is it wheezypup ?

I get this error when I try to launch dosbox 0.73 (from the pet/sfs package i presented a couple of years ago) :

dosbox: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libtinfo.so.5: undefined symbol: curscr

Any ideas? Any help welcome. Thanks in advance.

BFN.

musher0

[charlie6]

Bonjour musher0,

a) maybe the libtinfo.so.5 which seems to come embedded in the sfs package, might be not compatible with the present kernel or present libs;

you might try installing this:
http://packages.debian.org/wheezy/libtinfo5

b) this is given without warranty; maybe there will be other new error messages; then try just replacing the requested libs by the equivalent from debian/wheezy;

c) another solution: compile the wanted application on wheezy;

d) yet another one:
dosbox-0.74 for debian wheezy is available here:
http://packages.debian.org/wheezy/dosbox
just install it + the listed dependencies

hope this helps
Charlie

[musher0]

Hello, charlie6.

Thanks for all the info. Actually, the solution was in two steps:

1) The libtinfo library in /usr/lib had the wrong link, along with a few others. They all pointed to libs in /usr/lib whereas the actual libraries were in /lib. So I corrected that.

2) I also removed my dosbox-0.73 and installed pemasu's own DOSBox-0.74 build at:
http://www.smokey01.com/pemasu/Pets/dos ... c-0.74.pet

Now my old DOS software works like a charm.

~~~~~~~
On another subject, i386-linux-gnu in both folders links to itself. It is important, since changing its name wreaks havoc. But I don't know why or how it is important.

Bye for now.

musher0

[OscarTalks]

I compiled a version of Wbar 2.3.4 for Dpup Wheezy

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 6&start=18

[pemasu]

i386-linux-gnu in both folders links to itself. It is important, since changing its name wreaks havoc. But I don't know why or how it is important.

It came around with Precise Puppy.

http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=02752

woof 2createpackages processes .deb and .pet packages and there the multiarch .deb packages has been noticed:

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  #120316 hack for multiarch, move libs to standard locations...
  if [ "$ARCHDIR" ];then #130112 change test from ARCHDIR. 130114 revert DISTRO_ARCHDIR_SYMLINKS==yes.
   if [ -d sandbox2/lib/$ARCHDIR ];then
    cp -a -f --remove-destination sandbox2/lib/${ARCHDIR}/* sandbox2/lib/
    sync
    rm -rf sandbox2/lib/${ARCHDIR}
    ln -s ./ sandbox2/lib/${ARCHDIR}
   fi
   if [ -d sandbox2/usr/lib/$ARCHDIR ];then
    cp -a -f --remove-destination sandbox2/usr/lib/${ARCHDIR}/* sandbox2/usr/lib/
    sync
    rm -rf sandbox2/usr/lib/${ARCHDIR}
    ln -s ./ sandbox2/usr/lib/${ARCHDIR}
   fi
   #120909 add /usr/bin...
   if [ -d sandbox2/usr/bin/$ARCHDIR ];then
    cp -a -f --remove-destination sandbox2/usr/bin/${ARCHDIR}/* sandbox2/usr/bin/
    sync
    rm -rf sandbox2/usr/bin/${ARCHDIR}
    ln -s ./ sandbox2/usr/bin/${ARCHDIR}
   fi
  fi

[Satori]

Looks like I'll need to switch from Squeeze to Wheezy sooner than I thought...

Chrome was updated to 26.0 and under Squeeze, it gives an error message due to libs that it expects to use, however Wheezy gives no problems.

The other program I depend on is the SecondLife Viewer, and they have a beta that also fails on Squeeze but works under Wheezy, also due to updated libs that it depends on.

The only things I'd like to have installed in the current dPup Wheezy as a standard distribution, is Frisbee and PupMenu as I've grown fond of them.

[pemasu]

Satori. That was one reason that I have tried to build dpup wheezy. I am reluctant to try to update the libraries in dpup exprimo. The time just goes on....and not the all good old stuff will work anymore.

I suppose I will continue to improve dpup wheezy and I have noticed your wishes.

I have kept the build quite stripped so that bug reports would concentrate on essentials things.

[backi]

Hi !

Is there any chance for an E17 enlightenment version of Wheezy ?

........i like that E17 desktop !!

[edoc]

Version 1.1.24 of SlimBoat Web Browser just released.
I included the Wheezy gstreamer lib dependencies and made a .PET for Dpup Wheezy.

http://www.slimboat.com

SlimBoat 1.1.24 Wheezy .pet
download = http://www.datafilehost.com/download-f6fe5296.html
md5sum = 826e8bd7325e5583fb79cd22ef91c2b5

I was looking for Seamonkey for Wheezy and came upon your post.

I am still looking for the Seamonkey PET if someone has a link.

Is there an alternative download location for the slimboat PET, please?

I cannot get the link provided to respond correctly (it wants to load an .exe file!).

Thanks!

[musher0]

Version 1.1.24 of SlimBoat Web Browser just released.
I included the Wheezy gstreamer lib dependencies and made a .PET for Dpup Wheezy.

http://www.slimboat.com

SlimBoat 1.1.24 Wheezy .pet
download = http://www.datafilehost.com/download-f6fe5296.html
md5sum = 826e8bd7325e5583fb79cd22ef91c2b5

I was looking for Seamonkey for Wheezy and came upon your post.

I am still looking for the Seamonkey PET if someone has a link.

Is there an alternative download location for the slimboat PET, please?

I cannot get the link provided to respond correctly (it wants to load an .exe file!).

Thanks!

Hello, edoc.

Actually, you don't need a pet package for seamonkey.

Just go to http://www.seamonkey-project.org/ and download the file indicated towards the top right. The site recognizes the system you're accessing it from, so it suggests the correct seamonkey version.

I would suggest downloading it to your /mnt/home directory so it won't bloat your pup_save file. Double-click on the seamonkey bz2 archive file you just downloaded and unpack. It will unpack in a "seamonkey" directory in /mnt/home.

Now that it is unpacked, go inside that seamonkey directory, and mark all with "ctrl-A". Make executable. You're ready to go !

Click on the "seamonkey" executable there. It'll take a few seconds to set its sub-dir in /root/.mozilla, and bingo! it's running. For convenience, you may want to bring the seamonkey file as an icon on your desktop.

Now wheezypup comes with firefox by default. DO NOT remove it, since it contains some libraries other Puppy programs use. (Or, if you know what you're doing, remove all EXCEPT the *.so files in that firefox directory.)

Happy monkey-ing ! (from one monkey to another!)

BFN

musher0

PS. What is Slimboat?

[edoc]

It is supposed to be a cross-platform small, fast, & secure Web browser with unique features.

I could not tell from their Web site if they built on Mozilla, Chrome, or something else - or if it is an entirely new codebase (perhaps C++ & HTML5?).

[OscarTalks]

Hello edoc,

Are you clicking the grey "download" button? That one should work OK.

Sometimes on the datafilehost page you also get a larger "Download Now" button which is an ad (which might try to download an .exe file).

There is a newer version out now (I did make an .sfs of it the other day but didn't post it up), but that one is still OK if you want to take a look. It seems to run reasonably well in Wheezy.

Problems with Slimboat generally in Puppy are that it won't run in Wary/Racy because glibc in that is too old and also Flash Player refuses to work in Slacko and I don't know why.

[edoc]

I was able to go directly to the seamonkey-project.org page to install.

It required a couple of extra steps, helpfully provided here on the Forum, and now I'm just adding Flash & otherwise tweaking it (removing Google, setting defaults).

I asked our teen son to check out Slimboat.

Thanks!

[musher0]

My pleasure!

[OscarTalks]

I have posted the latest version of SlimBoat Browser ( 1.1.28 ) here:-

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 9&start=51

in case anyone wants to give it a try.

[Puppyt]

Hi pemasu,
I've had a little time to go back to a pet project in getting a raft of academic research-oriented applications together under Puppy, but I'm running into problems. Overall I reckon that the planets have aligned nicely - Puppy kernel updates (re Wheezy/upup precise) and the maturation of my target apps like CowLog, Zotero, Docear, JabRef, ImageJ etc (I'm only considering 32-bit configurations at present) - so I'm having a bash at compiling/converting debs in Wheezy. Not having any luck with 'R': r-cran-base isn't available via PPM though many of its add-on modules are, and although I've got the devx in and the latest java sfs...
Bugger. Just realised that I'm trying to do this from a frugal install. Maybe (?) that is what is partly why I'm going through dependency torture:

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# R
/usr/lib/R/bin/exec/R: error while loading shared libraries: libblas.so.3gf: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I've tracked down libblas from the Debian repositories, and installed a raft of co-dependencies, but there is no change in the patient.

Sorry - I'm trying to walk before I crawl with this compilation stuff - could I have my hand held please (by anyone) with stepwise instructions (screenies??) on creating an R v2.15 sfs or pet please http://www.r-project.org/. I don't want to have to keep bleating my upgraded requests to busy gurus, whenever my apps upgrade...
At this point I'll have to go back to a Lupu 528-005 base to see how emil did it with his earlier constructions http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=51141 (R - statistics package and scripting language) and see if I can't cobble something together in the meantime.

[pemasu]

Puppyt. R statistical app with extensions is in Debian Wheezy repo. What I did, I updated the repo databases. Decline the debian updates repos update, there arent those.

After updating database, I downloaded R core packages and got R starting. Okay...now comes the tricky part. You can start with r-base .deb and examine dependencies and download.
debconf was installed as dependency. It means disaster. Puppies does not support debconf - ucf - debian database structure. The r-core-base deb has postinstallation scripts which configures /etc/R/Renviron configure file....and so...it wont be created. I hacked the ucf script, donwloaded debian dpkg and got it created.

Also....somehow /usr/lib/libblas/* and /usr/lib/lapack/* libs were not found. So....I moved them to the /usr/lib.

R version 2.15.1 (2012-06-22) -- "Roasted Marshmallows"
Copyright (C) 2012 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
ISBN 3-900051-07-0
Platform: i486-pc-linux-gnu (32-bit)

R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.
Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details.

Natural language support but running in an English locale

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I used pure debian wheezy packages.

What you need to do after installation of needed tens of packages.
In console:
mv /usr/lib/libblas/* /usr/lib
mv /usr/lib/lapack/* /usr/lib

and install the attached fix pet which has created /etc/R/Renviron configuration file

All the apps which have debconf as dependency usually will need manual hack. First the control files need to extracted, then you need to run: 'postinst configure' command and check what it does call and what fails and then fix the problem. I know.....pain in the a**