[Comm-en] Installing Window Maker 0.96 on ALT P9 install

[Comm-en] Installing Window Maker 0.96 on ALT P9 install

[dbouley]

Is it possible to upgrade my installed version of Window Maker (0.95.8)
on my ALT P9 system simply by downloading the 0.95.8 RPM from the
sisyphus repository, here:
https://git.altlinux.org/tasks/348469/build/100/i586/rpms/WindowMaker-0.96.0-alt2.i586.rpm
and install it with rpmi (as SU - )?

Or, are there other mechanisms that I need to address before attempting
such an update, outside of the typical apt-get dist-upgrade process?

Kindly,

David.

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Re: [Comm-en] Installing Window Maker 0.96 on ALT P9 install

[Michael Shigorin]

On Sat, Nov 16, 2024 at 03:09:43PM -0600, dbouley wrote:
> Is it possible to upgrade my installed version of Window Maker
> (0.95.8) on my ALT P9 system simply by downloading the 0.95.8
> RPM from the sisyphus repository, here:
> https://git.altlinux.org/tasks/348469/build/100/i586/rpms/WindowMaker-0.96.0-alt2.i586.rpm
> and install it with rpmi (as SU - )?

Rather not; I've started a build task that might result
in WindowMaker source package from sisyphus built for p9
though: http://git.altlinux.org/tasks/362730/ -- look for
the appropriate arch directory in results if it gets TESTED,
and for rpms/ inside it.

> Or, are there other mechanisms that I need to address before
> attempting such an update, outside of the typical apt-get
> dist-upgrade process?

I'd get myself an srpm and rebuild it usually,
but that means installing the development packages
it requires (starting with rpm-build of course);
note that ALT packages get built as user, not root.

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