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Need help with building TDE sources
by Jan Stolarek 04 Nov '25

04 Nov '25

Dear TDE devs, I would like to try my luck (and skills!) with fixing some of the bugs I've been experiencing with TDE. I need help with making my first steps though. I already have the TDE sources cloned from git repositories. Now I need help with the build process. Ideally, I would like to be able to build a Debian package on a VM dedicated to development, and then install and test that package on my primary desktop machine. I found build instructions on the wiki, but I don't know to what extent these are up-to-date: https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/How_to_Build_TDE_Core_Modules I am confused about the Suggested Build Order section. Do I need to find each of the mentioned components and build it in the listed order? How do I build each of the components? Should I follow with the incantation in "Performing a cmake Build with Ninja" section for each of the components? How to rebuild if dependencies change? If I modify, say, dbus-tqt, do I need to manually rebuild everything that's listed below it in the dependency list? Lastly, once a certain component or application is built, how do I package it? I have no doubt, that the build instructions on the Wiki make a lot of sense for someone who already knows how to build TDE, but for a beginner they feel slightly incomplete. If anyone has the patience to guide me with my baby steps I will greatly apprciate it. Best regards, Janek

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R14.1.5 libksquirrel
by Ray Vine 02 Nov '25

02 Nov '25

libksquirrel has been uploaded as https://mirror.ppa.trinitydesktop.org/trinity/releases/R14.1.5/main/librari… Is this final ? in which case I'll need to modify my build script, or an oversight - libksquirrel-trinity-14.1.5.tar.xz pending.

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FTBFS wv2-0.4.2.dfsg.2 (Debian 12)
by deloptes 24 Oct '25

24 Oct '25

Does anybody has the same issue? I guess since testing is enabled per default now, I get this failure. Testing writing for SEPX: Sorry, testing dynamic structures isn't implemented, yet. Testing writing for STSHI: Passed. Error: Couldn't open the storage! make: *** [debian/rules:38: common-build-arch] Error 1 dpkg-buildpackage: error: fakeroot debian/rules binary subprocess returned exit status 2 debuild: fatal error at line 1182: dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -ui -b -j4 failed -- FCD6 3719 0FFB F1BF 38EA 4727 5348 5F1F DCFE BCB0

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[François] [TW] TDE again depends on retired packages
by Felix Miata 07 Oct '25

07 Oct '25

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[François] [openSUSE] new Leap 16.0 released 01 Oct.
by Felix Miata 04 Oct '25

04 Oct '25

François, latest openSUSE Leap 16.0 went GA two days ago. 15.5 support expired about last January, so http://tde-mirror.yosemite.net/trinity/rpm/ could use an update. Are you planning for 14.1.5 release to be ready before building again? -- Evolution as taught in public schools is, like religion, based on faith, not based on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata

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Access mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org
by deloptes 12 Sep '25

12 Sep '25

Hi, do you know if there is something wrong with accessing mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org I try to update the local repo and I am getting fatal: unable to access 'https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/gitea/TDE/tde-packaging-gentoo/': Failed to connect to mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org port 443 after 135105 ms: Couldn't connect to server thanks in advance BR -- FCD6 3719 0FFB F1BF 38EA 4727 5348 5F1F DCFE BCB0

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[François] [TW] nothing provides 'libOpenEXR-3_2.so.31()(64bit)
by Felix Miata 28 Aug '25

28 Aug '25

# inxi -S System: Host: gx62b Kernel: 6.12.38-1-longterm arch: x86_64 bits: 64 Console: pty pts/1 Distro: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20250826 # zypper --no-refresh se -s libOpenEXR-3 | grep -v '32bit|debug|devel|srcp|openSUSE-20' | egrep 'x86|noarch'| sort -f | libOpenEXR-3_3-32-x86-64-v3 | package | 3.3.5-1.1 | x86_64 | OSS i | libOpenEXR-3_3-32 | package | 3.3.5-1.1 | x86_64 | OSS # time zypper -v in trinity-tdm trinity-tdebase trinity-gwenview trinity-kappfinder trinity-kate trinity-kcalc trinity-ksnapshot trinity-kcpuload trinity-kedit trinity-kicker-applets trinity-klipper trinity-kmix trinity-konqueror-nsplugins trinity-konsole trinity-kpager trinity-kpdf trinity-kruler trinity-ktip trinity-tdeadmin Verbosity: 2 Non-option program arguments: 'trinity-tdm' 'trinity-tdebase' 'trinity-gwenview' 'trinity-kappfinder' 'trinity-kate' 'trinity-kcalc' 'trinity-ksnapshot' 'trinity-kcpuload' 'trinity-kedit' 'trinity-kicker-applets' 'trinity-klipper' 'trinity-kmix' 'trinity-konqueror-nsplugins' 'trinity-konsole' 'trinity-kpager' 'trinity-kpdf' 'trinity-kruler' 'trinity-ktip' 'trinity-tdeadmin' Initializing Target Checking whether to refresh metadata for Non-OSS Checking whether to refresh metadata for OSS Checking whether to refresh metadata for Update Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... Selecting 'trinity-tdebase-14.1.4-1.osstw.x86_64' from repository 'TDE' for installation. Selecting 'trinity-tdeadmin-14.1.4-1.osstw.x86_64' from repository 'TDE' for installation. Selecting 'trinity-gwenview-2:1.4.2-14.1.4_1.osstw.x86_64' from repository 'TDE' for installation. Selecting 'trinity-kcpuload-2:2.00-14.1.4_1.osstw.x86_64' from repository 'TDE' for installation. Selecting 'trinity-kappfinder-14.1.4-1.osstw.x86_64' from repository 'TDE' for installation. Selecting 'trinity-kate-14.1.4-1.osstw.x86_64' from repository 'TDE' for installation. Selecting 'trinity-konsole-14.1.4-1.osstw.x86_64' from repository 'TDE' for installation. Selecting 'trinity-kcalc-14.1.4-1.osstw.x86_64' from repository 'TDE' for installation. Selecting 'trinity-kedit-14.1.4-1.osstw.x86_64' from repository 'TDE' for installation. Selecting 'trinity-kicker-applets-14.1.4-1.osstw.x86_64' from repository 'TDE' for installation. Selecting 'trinity-klipper-14.1.4-1.osstw.x86_64' from repository 'TDE' for installation. Selecting 'trinity-kmix-14.1.4-1.osstw.x86_64' from repository 'TDE' for installation. Selecting 'trinity-konqueror-nsplugins-14.1.4-1.osstw.x86_64' from repository 'TDE' for installation. Selecting 'trinity-kpager-14.1.4-1.osstw.x86_64' from repository 'TDE' for installation. Selecting 'trinity-kpdf-14.1.4-1.osstw.x86_64' from repository 'TDE' for installation. Selecting 'trinity-kruler-14.1.4-1.osstw.x86_64' from repository 'TDE' for installation. Selecting 'trinity-ksnapshot-14.1.4-1.osstw.x86_64' from repository 'TDE' for installation. Selecting 'trinity-ktip-14.1.4-1.osstw.x86_64' from repository 'TDE' for installation. Selecting 'trinity-tdm-14.1.4-1.osstw.x86_64' from repository 'TDE' for installation. Resolving package dependencies... Force resolution: No 19 Problems: Problem: 1: nothing provides 'libOpenEXR-3_2.so.31()(64bit)' needed by the to be installed trinity-tdelibs-14.1.4-1.osstw.x86_64 Problem: 2: nothing provides 'libOpenEXR-3_2.so.31()(64bit)' needed by the to be installed trinity-tdelibs-14.1.4-1.osstw.x86_64 Problem: 3: nothing provides 'libOpenEXR-3_2.so.31()(64bit)' needed by the to be installed trinity-tdelibs-14.1.4-1.osstw.x86_64 Problem: 4: nothing provides 'libOpenEXR-3_2.so.31()(64bit)' needed by the to be installed trinity-tdelibs-14.1.4-1.osstw.x86_64 Problem: 5: nothing provides 'libOpenEXR-3_2.so.31()(64bit)' needed by the to be installed trinity-tdelibs-14.1.4-1.osstw.x86_64 Problem: 6: nothing provides 'libOpenEXR-3_2.so.31()(64bit)' needed by the to be installed trinity-tdelibs-14.1.4-1.osstw.x86_64 Problem: 7: nothing provides 'libOpenEXR-3_2.so.31()(64bit)' needed by the to be installed trinity-tdelibs-14.1.4-1.osstw.x86_64 Problem: 8: nothing provides 'libOpenEXR-3_2.so.31()(64bit)' needed by the to be installed trinity-tdelibs-14.1.4-1.osstw.x86_64 Problem: 9: nothing provides 'libOpenEXR-3_2.so.31()(64bit)' needed by the to be installed trinity-tdelibs-14.1.4-1.osstw.x86_64 Problem: 10: nothing provides 'libOpenEXR-3_2.so.31()(64bit)' needed by the to be installed trinity-tdelibs-14.1.4-1.osstw.x86_64 Problem: 11: nothing provides 'libOpenEXR-3_2.so.31()(64bit)' needed by the to be installed trinity-tdelibs-14.1.4-1.osstw.x86_64 Problem: 12: nothing provides 'libOpenEXR-3_2.so.31()(64bit)' needed by the to be installed trinity-tdelibs-14.1.4-1.osstw.x86_64 Problem: 13: nothing provides 'libOpenEXR-3_2.so.31()(64bit)' needed by the to be installed trinity-tdelibs-14.1.4-1.osstw.x86_64 Problem: 14: nothing provides 'libOpenEXR-3_2.so.31()(64bit)' needed by the to be installed trinity-tdelibs-14.1.4-1.osstw.x86_64 Problem: 15: nothing provides 'libOpenEXR-3_2.so.31()(64bit)' needed by the to be installed trinity-tdelibs-14.1.4-1.osstw.x86_64 Problem: 16: nothing provides 'libOpenEXR-3_2.so.31()(64bit)' needed by the to be installed trinity-tdelibs-14.1.4-1.osstw.x86_64 Problem: 17: nothing provides 'libOpenEXR-3_2.so.31()(64bit)' needed by the to be installed trinity-tdelibs-14.1.4-1.osstw.x86_64 Problem: 18: nothing provides 'libOpenEXR-3_2.so.31()(64bit)' needed by the to be installed trinity-tdelibs-14.1.4-1.osstw.x86_64 Problem: 19: nothing provides 'libOpenEXR-3_2.so.31()(64bit)' needed by the to be installed trinity-tdelibs-14.1.4-1.osstw.x86_64 Problem: 1: nothing provides 'libOpenEXR-3_2.so.31()(64bit)' needed by the to be installed trinity-tdelibs-14.1.4-1.osstw.x86_64 Solution 1: do not install trinity-tdm-14.1.4-1.osstw.x86_64 Solution 2: break trinity-tdelibs-14.1.4-1.osstw.x86_64 by ignoring some of its dependencies Choose from above solutions by number or skip, retry or cancel [1/2/s/r/c/d/?] (c): -- Evolution as taught in public schools is, like religion, based on faith, not based on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata

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Xlibre - for any who may have missed it
by Felix Miata 10 Jul '25

10 Jul '25

https://www.theregister.com/AMP/2025/06/20/new_version_of_xorg_x11/ https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver https://www.freelists.org/ So much for Wayland being the only way forward!!! :D -- Evolution as taught in public schools is, like religion, based on faith, not based on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata

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[François] [TW] libconfig11 replaced by libconfig15?
by Felix Miata 18 Jun '25

18 Jun '25

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New Slackware Build Environment
by Darrell Anderson 28 May '25

28 May '25

Ladies and gentlemen, hobos and tramps, flies and mosquitoes, and bald-headed ants, For some time I have been creating a set of TDE build scripts for Slackware. Like many such projects, this started as a way to scratch my own itch. The scripts are written in the spirit and style of stock Slackware, SBo, AlienBOB, and Salix build scripts. On both 64-bit and 32-bit Slackware 15.0 I am able to compile 163 of 179 R14.1.4 packages. Spot tests on the desktop shows most everything functions. I built most of R14.1.4 on Current 64-bit, but a few glitches remain. For vintage computer users and for fun, I built most of the R14.1.4 packages on 14.2 64-bit (requires some updated stock packages). Excluding tde-18n, which at the moment builds as a single package, the build time for the remaining 162 packages is about 2 to 2.5 hours in a VM on my 8 year old 4-core system with SATA III SSDs. A 32-bit VM runs a bit slower. A test run on a dual core with 4 GB RAM and using the SATA II SSD as working space rather than tmpfs required about 5.25 hours. The scripts will compile with debug symbols for those who want to help debug and troubleshoot. The scripts are flexible with many build options. For many Slackware users the script collection likely is complete. Sounds encouraging so many packages can be compiled, but there remain challenges beyond my skills and experience. Although good quality beta at this stage, minutia and hair balls remain. Time to let this child go and let more capable hands finish the scripts. Remaining needs: * Expertise to finish the language bindings scripts. * LDAP and (Heimdal) Kerberos expertise to finish related scripts. * Split the i18n packages into individual language packages. * Test and break the scripts (they work well here but who knows). * Find missing patches, fix nuances, etc. * Patch TDE cmake and automake files to improve Slackware support. * Usability testing to ensure packages compiled correctly. * Ensure debug symbols create useful back traces. Gory details are available in the script documentation. Yes, there is documentation as well as significant commentary in the scripts. I ask the following: * Consider the build environment to be quality beta, usable and fairly solid but incomplete. * Please inform me if the scripts are moved online to a centralized location. I am letting go of the project, but I'm curious to see how my baby grows up. * I have no intention of joining or creating accounts on git flub or any other such service. Doesn't interest me. If you move the scripts online in that manner I will help through email as best as I can when asked. * As best as I can I will reply to emails about what rope I was smoking when I conjured up certain code and functions. Please do not flood me with a multitude of questions in a single email. I'm an old man, sometimes a grumpy old man. One or two topics per mail please. * I am not paid tech support. I have taken the scripts as far as I can go. As best as I can I will help but from now on, you break you fix. * I am not tethered to a phone or the web. I check email but do not expect Pavlovian replies. * I accept that just about everybody has different perspectives and ideas how build scripts should function. My hope is my approach is good enough for others to finish and polish. I hope Slackers use the scripts at a personal level, but my long term goal always has been that the scripts are massaged to become part of the TDE packaging system. I want all interested Slackware TDE users to benefit. This move would provide a centralized set of scripts for all Slackware users, but would provide a way to allow Slackware users to download binary packages, much in the way of other third party repos like AlienBOB and Salix. Okay. Enough of the sales pitch. Here is a link to a 13.2 MB tar.gz of the script collection: https://www.remembertheusers.com/files/tde-slackware.tgz To use the build scripts, unpack the archive and read tde.GETSTARTED. To help resolve known issues read tde.FIXME. The script collection could be much smaller, but I included build script collections for two untested obtuse third-party packages for k3b and koffice. Statler and Waldorf commentary about my scripts or senility should be forwarded to /dev/null. Thank you Jim Diamond for your reviews, patience, and insights with the scripts. I learned a few things from you. Thank you for your attention. May we always see darkstar on our first boot. :-) D.A.

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