Hi there,
I was thinking about programming with SDL.
Now, I want to use the latest version (1.1.16) and extra libs.

So the Question is:
How do I go from multiple source to a slackware package.
The source is packaged as .tar.gz

Thank you for your input.

Wilfried Bytebier wrote:
> Hi there,
> I was thinking about programming with SDL.
> Now, I want to use the latest version (1.1.16) and extra libs.
>
> So the Question is:
> How do I go from multiple source to a slackware package.
> The source is packaged as .tar.gz

the easy way: checkinstall <http://checkinstall.izto.org/>

the hard way: DIY. read up on package management in the slack book, check
out the man page for makepkg, and read some of the slack.build scripts in
the source directories of your slack cd/mirror. pat uses those slack.build
scripts to create packages. they're different for every program, but
they'll give you some ideas.

--
Joost Kremers
since when is vi an editor? a discussion on vi belongs in
comp.tools.unusable or something...

Thanks!

Wilfried Bytebier wrote:

> How do I go from multiple source to a slackware package.
> The source is packaged as .tar.gz

The way I would suggest besides makepkg is to use checkinstall after
configuring and making, then running checkinstall and selecting a
Slackware package. At the very least it allows easy removal and
upgrading of slackware packages.

Joost Kremers <joostkremers@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<slrnbkv3a6.e7r.joostkremers@j.kremers4.news. arnhem.chello.nl>...
> Wilfried Bytebier wrote:
> > I was thinking about programming with SDL.
> > Now, I want to use the latest version (1.1.16) and extra libs.
> the hard way: DIY. read up on package management in the slack book, check
> out the man page for makepkg, and read some of the slack.build scripts in
> the source directories of your slack cd/mirror. pat uses those slack.build
> scripts to create packages. they're different for every program, but
> they'll give you some ideas.

A build script for SDL 1.2.5 is available at
http://www.romlotus.ro/~vbucoci/slackware/.

virgil