Saturday, January 15, 2011

Automate software builds with slackbuild

My good friend Tyce once asked me, "Man don't you get tired of watching software compile?"

Honestly I never look at it like that or from his state of mind.
Although most people claim that they don't have the time to wait
on software to compile, it's just my preferred way of doing things.

So my friend statement made me think about learning how to automate
compiling software on Slackware GNU/Linux. Although I knew Slack
had slackbuild scripts so I figure it was time I learned how to
write one.

My usual method entailed using NetBSD's pkgsrc package to quickly
build software packages, but now it's the Slack way via slackbuilds.

So I spent most of today reading just how to write slackbuild scripts.
Then once I read and understood how to write the script I commence writing one.
The next time I talk to my friend I'll let him I've automated the process.

Writing a SlackBuild Scriptbu

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