Hi, jrb.
Actually, what I said about sourcing the deps for Guvcview isn't entirely true. While I
do use pkgs.org - and 'borrow' from other Pups; I think we've
all done that at some point! - for 'buntu-based Pups/derivatives I like to use Canonical's 'old-releases' /ubuntu/pool repos.
http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/
The stuff in here dates all the way back to the very dawn of Ubuntu; Canonical don't appear to ever clear
this out, despite being almost fanatical about regularly re-compiling their kernels and 'pruning-out' whatever they consider to be past its 'sell-by' date..!
Given that all mainstream distros tend to use the 'current' versions of items at whatever point in time specific versions were released, by careful searching (and making liberal use of the date stamps), it's perfectly possible to find whatever deps you're searching for
all compiled around the same time-frame. Which usually means compiled against the same version of the glibc.....and that has the added bonus of cutting-down hugely on possible 'mis-matches'.
Once you get the hang of Canonical's naming conventions, it's
also possible to search for
specific versions of any given item, too.
Having downloaded the .debs, I then unzip 'em and use the contents directly, as-is. .Rpms will work just as well.....it's the
contents you're after at the end of the day; the packaging mechanism is totally irrelevant.
This is all guff you just pick up on, as time goes by..!
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My Opera & Vivaldi portables still crash on upload/download, even in a pristine Quirky. Which indicates to me it's more likely something in the profile that doesn't gel with Quirky.....they function fine under other Puppies.
I'll just use Palemoon for file transfers; it's not at all unusual for me to have 2, or even 3 different browsers open at the same time, when I'm 'experimenting'...!
Mike.