Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2020 21:15:51 +0100 From: Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org> To: Pedro Giffuni <pfg@FreeBSD.org>, FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@freeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Anyone interested in helping with linux-wps-office ? Message-ID: <4aa0ded3-397b-b9c8-83f0-fd5f5ca545b5@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <66e4d0c1-f830-ff71-5b90-b2e031570f4b@FreeBSD.org> References: <66e4d0c1-f830-ff71-5b90-b2e031570f4b@FreeBSD.org>
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On 3/22/20 5:59 AM, Pedro Giffuni wrote: > I recently got asked about WPS Office, a really nice office suite that > works on the linuxulator: > > http://linux.wps.com/ ... > So, I updated a basic port for it here: > > https://people.freebsd.org/~pfg/ports/linux-wps-office.tgz > > The above passes portlint but I really don't know well how linuxulator > ports should work. I'd like to know more about those ports as well. > Open questions: > > - Does the RPM stuff figure out the right PREFIX? In order words, is the > path OK? > > - Do I have to add a softlink so the program can be executed? > > - What to do about desktop icons. > > - I still have to figure out what to do about fonts, if anything. > As fair as I understand the documentation, everything should be installed in the default PREFIX (usually /usr/local). At least, that's what I did recently for the biology/linux-foldingathome port, which works nicely with our Linux compatibility layer. Only infrastructure packages (such as libraries) should be installed under /compat/linux. It would be great, however, to learn more from people who worked more with ports utilizing Linuxulator. Regards, Mateusz Piotrowski
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