Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

[linbie]

Hi
I am looking for a open source collections manager for my stamps etc

Have found the following

GC Star http://www.gcstar.org/index.en.php

Requires the following dependencies

Perl
Gtk2
gtk2-perl

I am a Linux novice so do not know how to proceed. If someone can give me some instructions I would be grateful. If someone can make a pet even better.

Previous discussions on the topic have not been very helpful

[666philb]

Hi linbie

What puppy are you using?

[linbie]

[666philb]

hi linbie

gcstar is in the slacko package manager, but you will need to enable the slackware repos first

1. open the Puppy package manager (PPM) and click on the 'configure' button
2. tick the 3 slackware boxes (slacky/ slackware etc)
3. press ok then exit the PPM and restart it to enable the repos
5. type gcstar into the find box and install it and all it's dependencies using the 'examine dependencies option'

gcstar also needs some extra stuff to work,...
You'll need the 'devx' installed http://ftp.nluug.nl/ibiblio/distributions/puppylinux/puppy-5.3.1/devx_slacko_5.3.1.sfs
and also this .pet http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19554672/gcstardeps.pet (contains 'libsmbclient' and 'perl HTML')

good luck

[Pelo]

Hello sir; Even downloading all dependancies from ubuntu repository, GC star does not start. Have you any solution for Ubuntu ?

I will try for Slacko from slackware.

[Semme]

Pelo- from a shell: ldd /usr/bin/gcstar will show what's missing. This is which Pup?

[666philb]

[Semme]

Among others- and something I keep forgetting..

[Pelo]

Well noticed : use DEVX ;
Thanks to you.
In fact none of the puppies run GCstar
It's a little bit ( a big bit ! ) ennoying to have to make a special distro only for GCstar !
For my own, i use it with Windows 7, but...
Available with Unbuntu too.
KDE makes it better with Tellico.

If i am the only one in the world wishing to use GCstar with Puppy, dont mind. Get rid of that. Poor Puppy, pretty tuning in 2013, an enormous lack of newer applications. It's the cloud !

[Pelo]

Line 26 seems to be the problem

[666philb]

i've tested and got gcstar working in slacko 5.3 and precise puppy

for slacko 5.3 see post 4 as there is an extra .pet to install

for precise see post 7

[Pelo]

For me Tellico is the more user friendly. GCstar is not yet usable by Puppy
Look at our computers from our Youth: Oric Atmos !

Collection manager :Datacrow runs wth Puppy and JRE. See Musher0 forums

GCstar : I will try again, Byt I have already tried this pet.

No complains about GCstar ? We could include it In PPM, but In 5XX or Older.

Thanks for your help in making GCstar running with Puppy Linux.

Pelo

[Pelo]

IT could be only a sentence to change, no ?
Line 26 : what about UTF locale ? what is the opinion about That, Perhaps it's because it ignores FR as language.