vpackager and repsoitories

[flebber]

I  wanted to test out vpackager but I can't find vpackager, is there a special repository that I need to enable?

I have used slapt-get but cannot install it.

Code:

vector://home/flebber
root:# slapt-get --install vpackager
Reading Package Lists...Done
No such package: vpackager
vector://home/flebber

[M0E-lnx]

The current vpackager is not available on the repositories yet.
You can download it from here https://bitbucket.org/m0e_lnx/vpackager/downloads
Everything you need is provided there.

[flebber]

The only issue is that mercurial is not in the repo yet either so the "hg" command does not work.

Edit tried to install mercurial using these directions http://forum.vectorlinux.com/index.php?topic=12140.msg79488#msg79488 but couldn't get it working.

[M0E-lnx]

There are binary packages on that website... Scroll down some. You dont need mercurial to install .txz packages.

[flebber]

can I clarify one thing that I am guessing at. When I have downloaded the source I load it into vpackager, then in the box below it is looking for path to "description file", which file typically is this. I am trying to install dvd::rip, I have gone through and built all dependecies transcode, pango etc in the actual source of dvd::rip I cannot find a file that looks like a description file.

File location and details http://www.exit1.org/dvdrip/doc/install.cipp#source_download

Edit: I had attempted to install ogmtools as well it completed but is not showing as installed.
Double Edit: I found the txz package of ogmtools in the /tmp/vpavkager directory and was able to use installpkg from there.

[stretchedthin]

Info on a slack-desc file is here...
http://slackwiki.org/Slack-desc

If you are just building for yourself you do not have to have one.  It is a requirement for any packages you might want to upload to the repositories.

Just create a text file called slack-desc and copy this .

Code:

# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.  Line
# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' on
# the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.  You must make
# exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct.  It's also customary to
# leave one space after the ':'.

       |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
appname: appname (Short description of the application)
appname:      <this line is generally left blank>
appname: Description of application  -  this description should be fairly
appname: in-depth; in other words, make it clear what the package does (and
appname: maybe include relevant links and/or instructions if there's room),
appname: but don't get too verbose. 
appname: This file can have a maximum of eleven (11) lines of text preceded by
appname: the "appname: " designation. 
appname: License:GPLv2, GPLv3, MIT, BSD, that sort of thing.
appname: Authors:
appname: Website: Link to apps homepage.

Save that somewhere as a template. Then when building just copy it to the directory your building from and make the necessary edits for that package.

If I remember right dvdrip also requires some perl-modules. So be prepared to build a few more dependencies.