@Clarity :-
Clarity wrote: Mon May 16, 2022 7:46 pm
Thanks @mikeslr. I did not try to run that PET as I believed it to be built on Ubuntu libs vs the new Slackware libs (DEVX).
I will also check it out with the other tests I have planned for this eve. Thanks for the idea. Will report back on progress.
Hmm. If you didn't try it, then how d'you know it won't work? It sounds as though you've simply "assumed" it won't work, so didn't even try.... 
Puppy packages can often surprise you, regardless of how long you may have been running our favourite canine... 
TBH, this "idea" that Slackware shared libraries are somehow different from Ubuntu shared libraries is a load of tosh. The way they're packaged is different, certainly - to work with the different package management systems - but at their heart, if the dependency version number is the same, then both will have a near-as-dammit identical file after compilation. Ergo, it's perfectly possible to strip the lib packages down to their components and extract just those bits you need. More often than not, those 'borrowed' items will still do what you want. 
I've done this so many times over the years I've lost count. I certainly don't let a small issue like different packaging protocols get in the way of what I'm after, and in fact manual stripping-down & 'grabbing' of items is second nature to me now.... 
So many of my Puppies have ended-up as real "Frankenpups", with bits'n'bobs acquired from anywhere I can find 'em.....but they always end up doing what I want, one way or another. 
If you're one of these folks who expects a simple click-to-install, click-to-use experience all the time, you will ALWAYS be at the mercy of others.
(*shrug*)
Never be afraid to get your hands dirty..! And don't forget; Puppies/Dogs are one of the very few easily-modifiable OSs out there, where manual 'diving-in' is so often a quicker route to your destination than the "official" one, when all's said & done.
Mike. 
