Packages for porteus 5.0, example smplayer on porteus 5.0 rc2

[francois]

Will most porteus modules from porteus 4.0 be running on porteus 5.0? Where should we get packages? Is pkgs.org one of the best spots? Are you relying mostly on slackyd? For example, I would like to understand what is wrong with my smplayer module:

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guest@porteus:~$ root@porteus:/home/guest# smplayer
Unable to load library icui18n "Cannot load library icui18n: (icui18n: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)" 
Debug: global_init
Debug: global_init: config file: '/root/.config/smplayer/smplayer.ini'
Debug: Preferences::load
Debug: AssStyles::load
Debug: Preferences::load: config_version: 0, CURRENT_CONFIG_VERSION: 5
Debug: Preferences::load: config version is old, updating it
Debug: Helper::findExecutable: candidate: /usr/local/sbin/mpv
Debug: Helper::findExecutable: candidate: /usr/local/bin/mpv
Debug: Helper::findExecutable: candidate: /sbin/mpv
Debug: Helper::findExecutable: candidate: /usr/sbin/mpv
Debug: Helper::findExecutable: candidate: /bin/mpv
Debug: Helper::findExecutable: candidate: /usr/bin/mpv
Debug: Helper::findExecutable: executable found: /usr/bin/mpv
Debug: Translator::loadCatalog: can't load qt_en_US from /usr/share/smplayer/translations
Debug: Translator::loadCatalog: can't load qt_en_US from /usr/lib64/qt/translations
Debug: Translator::loadCatalog: successfully loaded smplayer_en_US from /usr/share/smplayer/translations
This is SMPlayer v. 18.1.0 (revision 8885) running on Linux
Debug: This is SMPlayer v. 18.1.0 (revision 8885) running on Linux
Debug: Compiled with Qt v. 4.8.7, using 4.8.7
Debug:  * application path: "/usr/bin" 
Debug:  * data path: "/usr/share/smplayer" 
Debug:  * translation path: "/usr/share/smplayer/translations" 
Debug:  * doc path: "/usr/doc/smplayer-18.1.0/" 
Debug:  * themes path: "/usr/share/smplayer/themes" 
Debug:  * shortcuts path: "/usr/share/smplayer/shortcuts" 
Debug:  * config path: "/root/.config/smplayer" 
Debug:  * ini path: "/root/.config/smplayer" 
Debug:  * file for subtitles' styles: "/root/.config/smplayer/styles.ass" 
Debug:  * current path: "/home/guest" 
Debug: SMPlayer::processArgs: arguments: 1
Debug: SMPlayer::processArgs: 0 = smplayer
Debug: SMPlayer::processArgs: files_to_play: count: 0
root@porteus:/home/guest# exit

libreoffice for porteus 4.0 works fine on porteus 5.0.

[ncmprhnsbl]

Will most porteus modules from porteus 4.0 be running on porteus 5.0?

not impossible, but generally, mostly not. .eg. the smplayer you have would be using an older qt5(or even qt4?) that requires an old icuil8n .. libreoffice on the other hand is fairly self sufficent and provides it's own key libs..
it would be fair to say that the whole package situation for RC2 is in disarray.. not hopeless, but there's issues.. (some of) which won't be resolved until slackware 15 drops and the repos stabilize..
pkgs.org and slakfinder.org can be helpful for finding packages(and libs), although i notice slackonly(which provides prebuilt sBo packages) has been offline lately and slakfinder.org is not connecting to official slackware repos properly..

[francois]

As some porteus packages work for nemesis, any possibility to build packages on nemesis (arch) and then use them for porteus?

[raja]

May not be possible. ARCH maintains libraries and packages to very current release. Slackware is slow and steady.

I built all modules used by me in Nemisis after the recent update within an hour. Even that delay is due to pman missing on many dependencies, due to Artix repos. Don't know, if we can include ARCH repos. A list is available in Nemisis.(commented out)

Neko has automated APorteus to a breeze to build ISOs with current packages. Still we have to request him to build script for new requirements, as new ISO can only update an old one. (unlike pman)

Aporteus with Openrc and pacman package manager will be very good.

[Rava]

it would be fair to say that the whole package situation for RC2 is in disarray.. not hopeless, but there's issues.. (some of) which won't be resolved until slackware 15 drops and the repos stabilize..

Is it safe to say that because of the above, Porteus 5.0 finale will only come out after Slackware 15 is out and the repos also did stabilise?

[Ed_P]

That is what brokenman has said in the past, prior to 2020. But talk of Slackware 15 has been around for 5 yrs according to Google.

[francois]

@raja:
Complementarity between artix and arch repos: would this be possible? Maybe we should ask directry to the Artix fellows.

@nmc...:
Unless you already know the answer.