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Re: Klik package
by Kurt Pfeifle on Tuesday 11/Oct/2005, @14:32

### 'Could the klik package be made "self contained"'
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Yes. Of course. The "self-contained" is exactly the base idea of klik.

### 'so that it doesnt depend on debian libs'
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Why?

Debian libs work great. ;-P

Even on other distros...

The most important thing for getting the klik package work on as many platforms as possible, is to avoid "bleeding edge" compilers and library dependencies, and avoid dependency to libstdc++6. Debian Sarge is just about perfect for that. You better make sure that your distro (Mandriva) ships with Kernels that support loopmounting cramfs images (this has been the major hurdle for Mandriva users utilizing klik).

We can't include *everything* without making the self-contained AppDir bundle reproduce and mirror a complete Knoppix system.

We do include a few "known" things, and tweaks that take care of various naming conventions in between distros for the same library.

Having said that thing about Debian -- in this case I used SUSE-compiled binaries (because I couldnt find any Debian packages of KOffice yet).

I'm currently working on a fix for a problem with the included docs and translations (they are not used or shown). Unfortunately, I didnt find many alpha testers for it (but thanks to you two, CyrilleB and Dennis_p!). Looks like everyone enjoys the finished free cake, but no-one is prepared to help the baker do some work....

Once it is ready, I'll announce a download URL, and a bit later a klik://koffice link will also work.

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Re: Klik package
by MandrakeUser on Tuesday 11/Oct/2005, @17:48

Thank you Kurt, you rock!

Thanks for all the info and clarifications. I'll give the klik a shot when it is done. Unfortunately, these days I have very little time to contribute to free software. I'll contribute again when I get a break ... from life!

As per cramfs. I am running Mandriva 2006.0 and it seems to be working.
Right now I am runnning the klik for kmplot, and here is my mtab:

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~> more /etc/mtab
/dev/sda1 / ext3 rw 0 0
none /proc proc rw 0 0
none /sys sysfs rw 0 0
none /proc/bus/usb usbfs rw,devmode=0664,devgid=43 0 0
/dev/hdc1 /disk2 ext3 rw 0 0
/dev/sda6 /home ext3 rw 0 0
none /tmp tmpfs rw 0 0
/tmp/app/1/image /tmp/app/1 cramfs ro,nosuid,nodev,loop=/dev/loop0,user=myUserName 0 0
#####

My kernel: Linux 2.6.12-12mdk #1 Fri Sep 9 18:15:22 CEST 2005

Cheers!

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