SlimJet 64-bit SFS packages
Posted: Sun 22 May 2016, 17:46
For 64-bit SFS packages please see next post
Afternoon, all.
This is a rather early-stage tryout for now, since there are not so many 64-bit Pups around at this moment in time.
I'm starting to use 64-bit Pups a wee bit more these days, since Google saw fit to drop support for my favourite 32-bit browser; Chrome. I recently started experimenting with tazoc's Lighthouse64 'Mariner' Edition, and one of my first goals was to get Chrome running.....with a singular lack of success, I might add. So I decided to try it a different way; forget Chrome, and try with my favourite alternative, SlimJet. Not point-and-click, but not compiling, either; extracting from the tar.xz supplied tarball, on FlashPeak's site.
It doesn't take long.....this definitely works in tazoc's Lighthouse 64 'Mariner'. Start by downloading the current 64-bit tarball from here:-
http://www.slimjet.com/en/dlpage.php
You want the '64-bit Zip package (tar.xz)', under 'Linux Version'. Having done that, you now need to extract it into its intended location. It states that it can be run from any folder, since it's a self-contained package. but we'll stick with /usr/lib, since this is the usual Linux location.
So, use whichever archiver you have installed, and extract the package to /usr/lib. Now, go to /usr/lib/slimjet (with most 64-bit Pups there tends to be a link between /usr/lib and /usr/lib64, although apparently this is missing in FatDog, so I'm not certain whether this will work there.) Locate the 'flash-peak-slimjet' wrapper script, and open 'er up with Geany.
To get this to start correctly (and borrowing from OscarTalk's 32-bit packages...cheers, Oscar!), scroll down to the final few lines of the script. From the point where it says:-
...delete the following:-
...and replace it with this:-
Save, then exit Geany. Go back into /usr/lib/slimjet, and drag the 'flashpeak-slimjet' script to your desktop; this will then act as your launcher. Edit if you want, and if you like, dress it up with an icon. I've supplied one below.
That's it! Slimjet should now launch from the desktop icon, all things being equal.....and since it's Chromium-based, if you have a Google account, just sign in as normal.
Enjoy! I'll be having a go at turning this into a .pet before long; an SFS package may follow. If you have any problems with this, let me know, and I'll try and help you resolve them.
Thanks again to Oscar for the use of his wrapper-script modifications.
Mike.
Afternoon, all.
This is a rather early-stage tryout for now, since there are not so many 64-bit Pups around at this moment in time.
I'm starting to use 64-bit Pups a wee bit more these days, since Google saw fit to drop support for my favourite 32-bit browser; Chrome. I recently started experimenting with tazoc's Lighthouse64 'Mariner' Edition, and one of my first goals was to get Chrome running.....with a singular lack of success, I might add. So I decided to try it a different way; forget Chrome, and try with my favourite alternative, SlimJet. Not point-and-click, but not compiling, either; extracting from the tar.xz supplied tarball, on FlashPeak's site.
It doesn't take long.....this definitely works in tazoc's Lighthouse 64 'Mariner'. Start by downloading the current 64-bit tarball from here:-
http://www.slimjet.com/en/dlpage.php
You want the '64-bit Zip package (tar.xz)', under 'Linux Version'. Having done that, you now need to extract it into its intended location. It states that it can be run from any folder, since it's a self-contained package. but we'll stick with /usr/lib, since this is the usual Linux location.
So, use whichever archiver you have installed, and extract the package to /usr/lib. Now, go to /usr/lib/slimjet (with most 64-bit Pups there tends to be a link between /usr/lib and /usr/lib64, although apparently this is missing in FatDog, so I'm not certain whether this will work there.) Locate the 'flash-peak-slimjet' wrapper script, and open 'er up with Geany.
To get this to start correctly (and borrowing from OscarTalk's 32-bit packages...cheers, Oscar!), scroll down to the final few lines of the script. From the point where it says:-
Code: Select all
'# Note: exec -a below is a bashism.
Code: Select all
exec -a "$0" "$HERE/slimjet" "$PROFILE_DIRECTORY_FLAG" "$@"
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exec -a "$0" /usr/lib/slimjet/slimjet --user-data-dir=/root/.config/slimjet --disable-setuid-sandbox --disable-namespace-sandbox --disable-infobars "$@"
That's it! Slimjet should now launch from the desktop icon, all things being equal.....and since it's Chromium-based, if you have a Google account, just sign in as normal.
Enjoy! I'll be having a go at turning this into a .pet before long; an SFS package may follow. If you have any problems with this, let me know, and I'll try and help you resolve them.
Thanks again to Oscar for the use of his wrapper-script modifications.
Mike.