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OscarTalks · Joined: 05 Feb 2012 Posts: 333 Location: London, England

I compiled Deadbeef 0.5.6 twice just now in Slacko 5377 but running live with fresh save-file in USB flash drive formatted ext2 and I never get the icon found unless I run the gtk icon cache update. I'm pretty sure it is something that happens within the build of the binary and not anything to do with the .desktop file.

(EDIT - Just experimenting with configure options and flags and looks like I may have it working now)

In Precise 541 (as with Lupu) I have to compile and install libiconv first otherwise Deadbeef won't compile (though I think the configure script runs to completion and the error only shows up during make).

Unfortunately there is still one small problem (in Precise) which is that the mms plugin shows a symbol error or something which relates to libiconv and I haven't been able to solve that. Pity because that is one plugin which I would like to have working (for wma streams). There are others which I don't think I would ever need.

pemasu · Joined: 08 Jul 2009 Posts: 5170 Location: Finland

Load devx sfs, copy to the safe /usr/include/iconv.h
It has been provided by glic_dev
Install your libiconv stuff. Copy back that iconv.h over the one installed by your libiconv package.

It might even work. No symbol errors at least when you use the headers from precise pangolin iconv.h.

rcrsn51 · Posted: Mon 19 Nov 2012, 20:40 Post subject:

cowboy · Posted: Tue 20 Nov 2012, 00:08 Post subject: ppm error in precise

On a fresh usb install of Precise 5.4.1 (made in Slacko by mounting Precise ISO, copying files to USB, and then using Grub4Dos), I am unable to install files from the PPM. I was attempting to install firefox 16 from either ubuntu main, or from puppy precise repos. Seems I recall seeing this earlier in the thread, but I'm unable to locate a fix.

EDIT: reinstalled on USB drive, and can now download firefox from precise-puppy repos. However, still getting attached error message from ubuntu main repos: (posted from within Precise 5.4.1)

OscarTalks · Joined: 05 Feb 2012 Posts: 333 Location: London, England

I am now able to produce .pets of Deadbeef with icons that work, but because I have been experimenting with different things I am not sure what resolves the issue. At first I thought it was the flags but it may be that I have to run the gtk-update-icon-cache command before doing the compile and then it builds correctly. Is this possible?

In Precise I still get the undefined symbol: libiconv error in terminal for the mms.so plugin though.

The iconv.h file in the devx is much smaller than the one that the libiconv package installs and if I substitute it back I get the ConvertUTF error and Deadbeef won't compile. Maybe I didn't fully understand your suggestion.

pemasu · Joined: 08 Jul 2009 Posts: 5170 Location: Finland

OscarTalks. I test compiled Deadbeef now. My idea works, but...first do ./configure....with your options...then swap the iconv.h back to the original before you compile with make. No symbol lookout error and mms-ffmpeg combo plays wma.

Worked for me. You need ffmpeg module to be enabled to use mms with wma.

./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-ffmpeg

I just dont understand what provides libiconv like stuff for ubuntu because ubuntu does not provide it and ubuntu compile dependencies list for deadbeef does not give any straight answer. I wonder if woof packages-templates strip something essential out, or otherwise there must be similar package somewhere, I just dont get grasp of it.

pemasu · Joined: 08 Jul 2009 Posts: 5170 Location: Finland

Heh. That swapping of iconv.h also removed the external libiconv dependency. So....as side-effect you dont have to install almost 2 Mb of unneeded stuff.

don570 · Joined: 10 Mar 2010 Posts: 2473 Location: Ontario

I compiled mhwaveedit in precise so that it will recognize the
LADSPA plugins. The trick was to make sure that the
LADSPA header file (ladspa.h) was present during compiling.

LADSPA plugins HERE

It also works in latest Slacko

sketchman · Joined: 01 Jun 2006 Posts: 219 Location: West Virginia, USA

Quite a few bugs in this. I did a full HDD install and gave it a good long try, but in the end went back to Slacko 533 from which I'm posting.

The package manager just doesn't work sometimes. Finds dead links for dependencies that I stick into a google search and come up with in a few seconds, then manually download and install. Then things still don't work quite right.

I got dpkg related errors when running just about anything I installed, besides the simplest of apps. I also had to copy over several things from my Slacko install to make things work properly, and I had the "text to boxes" glitch too.

That probably isn't very helpful, but hopefully it gives a general idea at least. I wouldn't use this as my main Pup yet.

If I can post anything more specific that will help, just let me know. The Precise install is still there, I'm just not using it right now.

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