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You configuration is invalid; you have supplied an invalid architecture: it should be either i686 or x86_64 for Arch.

EDIT: see the configuration here if you need an example.

EDIT 2: it seems mplayer2 is screwed up. Since it depends on Python 3, it cannot be built using Slackware's Python. Also, syslinux fails to build for some reason - I'm still investigating this.

smokey,

the arch is missing in your url e.g. i686 ...

EDIT: ah iguleder you been faster (and you know more about that ...)

aragon

Forgot to mention - make sure you work against the latest version (here).

Currently, there is a development branch called "raspberry-pi", which has many improvements. I'm going to merge it back to the master branch soon.

I progressed a lot further this time but encountered a lot of command not found errors.

Never got to build an image.

See attached output from Terminal window.

Regards

Well, that makes lots of sense - take a look at the package list you used - it's pretty much empty. You don't even have a C library or a kernel.

But yes, you used roar-ng right - kudos for that. Now, get a real package list (as the one here) and run 1download, 2createpackages and 3builddistro again.

Yes, already doing that now.

It's not so clear to us old chaps.

Thanks

That's why you have this.

Iguleder wrote:That's why you have this.

I read the readme.

What would be easier to understand is if you had a fully configured conf directory so following the ./1 ./2 ./3 & ./4 would have produced something.

You are much cleverer than the average bear.

Great news! I got both Syslinux and mplayer2 to build.

The former had an issue with LDFLAGS - for some reason, it reads it from the environment but fails to build with my custom flags.

The latter required Python 3, so I got Python 3.1 from Debian to work (extremely hacky!).

I'm currently uploading all packages - you'll have to run 0setup, 1download and 2createpackages again. Make sure you clean processed-packages from remains of the previous .rxz packages.

EDIT: smokey01 - I improved the README and added details documentation of the configuration. Packages are still uploading, shouldn't take very long.

Iguleder wrote:
EDIT: smokey01 - I improved the README and added details documentation of the configuration. Packages are still uploading, shouldn't take very long.

Thanks mate.

It's generating a lot of "command not found errors" during the ./2createpackages stage. Is this normal?

Anyway, after 02:00 better go to bed.

Thanks for your help and advice.

Yes, it's normal. That happens because you don't have AdvanceCOMP or OptiPNG installed.

The result is a larger, less optimized distro.

Iguleder wrote:Yes, it's normal. That happens because you don't have AdvanceCOMP or OptiPNG installed.

The result is a larger, less optimized distro.

With AdvanceCOMP and/or OptiPNG installed, is it larger?
Is it better with or without?

It's slowly starting to make sense but just when I think it's safe to go back in the water, another bugger bites me.

During the ./2createpackages:
squashfs-tools (subito)
Error: squashfs-tools-4.2.rxz does not exist under packages.

It appears squashfs-tools-4.2.rxz has not been downloaded. I guess it's pretty important as it's required to build the iso.

I re-ran ./1download but it still did not find the package. Is it missing or is something wrong with the script?

I guess you wouldn't notice as it would already be in your packages directory from previous ./1downloads.

Should I comment all lines out in the conf/package_list or are these files required when building slackware?

###################################
# Subito GNU/Linux-specific stuff #
###################################
subito|subito-desktop|subito-desktop|exe,dev,doc,nls
subito|locale-gen|locale-gen|exe,dev,doc,nls
subito|advancecomp|advancecomp|exe>dev,dev,doc,nls
in the conf/package_list or are these files required when building slackware?
.
.
.


I don't fully understand what packages are required. It would be nice to have a default list of bare minimum for each distro, or is this list it?

I also read in the manual: ./3builddistro
"It is recommended to edit the script before its execution, in order to tweak various parameters, such as the default desktop background."

In sandbox/rootfs there doesn't appear to be a backgrounds directory where I would expect it /usr/share/backgrounds. Do I need to manually create this directory and populate it with backgrounds?

Thanks

It's better with AdvanceCOMP and OptiPNG - they're used to shrink the ISO. Get them installed on your distro.

And no, you can't build "slackware", but you can build a distro which contains packages taken from Slackware. If you don't have any other AdvanceCOMP package, use the one in the example I gave you.

By the way - the manual was removed from recent versions of roar-ng. It's totally irrelevant - if you still have it, get a newer version.

Iguleder wrote:Uploading the 1.0.0 stable release to this directory. It's 248 MB, since the ISO contains the devx.

Here's the list of the ISO contents: ...

Hi @Iguleder.

I saw this post to this thread, but, I cannot find the ISO you present. Has it been moved or placed somewhere else?

Thanks in advance. ... Also see PM

I guess you need what is referred to as "git"

I know nothing about it but I failed to download
due to me have no "git"

Here is a link to the ReadMe of latest version 2013?
https://github.com/iguleder/roar-ng-ii/ ... ter/README

So what lies in the future for this then? Any prediction?
I find it interesting but I am not on the level needed to get any of it.

https://github.com/iguleder/roar-ng-ii/ ... ter/README

The future's so bright, you gotta wear shades. ©

Maybe it's too early to ask questions about roar-ng-ii:

After successfully running:
# sh roar-ng setup

I'm now stuck at:
# sh roar-ng download
busybox (subito 3 x86_64)
Error: failed to locate the package "busybox".
Error: failed to locate busybox.

Yep, I'm aware of this problem. I'm currently trying to solve it - it's a problem with my domain, which prevents download tools from downloading package lists.

EDIT: I think it works now.

EDIT 2: I'm currently working on a new distro using roar-ng-ii. It's a console-only, live distro similar to Puppy, with heaps of console applications. I also have a Raspberry Pi (btw, the reason why you had issues with roar-ng-ii is the fact I moved all my stuff from hosting in the US to my Raspberry Pi, at home ) and I want to port this distro to ARM later.

Thanks, Iguleder, downloading now! Just a minor problem:
Error: failed to download terminus-font-4.36-1.rxz.

And I'm really, REALLY looking forward to your ARM port! But take all the time you need.
*currently building a retro-Acorn BBC Microcomputer round my Pi*