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I did have an attempt at compiling newer builds eg 3.1.x and 4.x
Both require an additional libray Libetpan to be included. I did share a newer build here on this thread before but it got deleted 
Oauth2 is required by Microsoft/Google services for authentication. Have you tried Thunderbird as a client?
https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/
Or hopefully, so one can build it for you 
Saw this thread here viewtopic.php?p=86639#p86639 regarding clearing the
.cache
directory and a solution was provided by @OscarTalks , this is the 'patched' library for use with Foo-Sah
Name Service Cache Daemon nscd_2.31 ( useful if your running a server)
Nscd is a daemon that provides a cache for the most common name service requests.
The default configuration file
/etc/nscd.conf
@Jasper
Hi Jasper
Thunderbird portable by mikewalsh works smoothly on my usb stick, gmail included. The downside of TB is that it's heavy and slow, that's why I'm looking for alternatives.
I'm aware of your attempt at compiling Claws (https://www.forum.puppylinux.com/viewto ... aws#p73921) but sadly it won't work for me. Libetpan library is not recognized, as you wrote.
However, comparing Claws Mail included in FP64 with a coetaneous version of Sylpheed (available as sfs), I noticed that the first one, despite some aesthetic embellishments, is somehow slower than Sylpheed. Also, CM fails in correctly recreating imap folders and, even more important, has some odd behaviours. For example, whene you delete a mail, you expect to find it into the 'trash' or 'deleted' folder. Everything is deleted forever instead.
Therefore, in light of the above, I believe Sylpheed is a better choice. A beta version is available as source package, alternatively a 'delta patch' for 3.7 to 3.8 (with Oauth2) is present too.
The only weak point of Sylpheed is that it stores mail passwords as plan text, but you can live with it.
I think many FP users may be interested in having Sylpheed working as portable from a usb key.
Cheers
Jasper wrote: Thu Apr 13, 2023 5:43 am................ anyone want to test this?
qemu-8.0.0-rc3-x86_64 - Approx 6mb
https://www.mediafire.com/file/oeqmi8gz ... 4.pet/file
No sound available and only support built for Linux x86-64 iso's
It did not run under Fossapup64, nor provide any menu items. I also tried it under F96-CE_3 but failed as there was a dependency missing. Cant recall which, sorry! Hope others have more success.
Thanks @Geek3579 for the feedback.
I will try it again and change some of the options to see if it will work successfully
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./configure --prefix=/usr --target-list=x86_64-linux-user --cpu=x86_64 --enable-plugins --enable-alsa --enable-curl --enable-curses --enable-gettext --enable-gnutls --enable-gtk --enable-gtk-clipboard --enable-kvm --enable-libssh --enable-libudev --enable-libusb --enable-lzo --enable-nettle --enable-opengl --enable-parallels --enable-png --enable-seccomp --enable-selinux --enable-tools --enable-u2f --enable-vnc --enable-zstd --enable-xkbcommon --enable-system --enable-linux-user --enable-modules
@Jasper
Yes, I already installed openSSL 1.1.1s. It seems to be the last release of the 1.1.1 serie. What will follow next?
Regarding the mail client, I'll stay with TB for now, it's the only working one as portable, though a little bulky.
However, I don't lose hope to see a portable Sylpheed working from my usb stick.
Thanks.
Yes, Unshield. I compiled version 1.5.1.
What is it for? The cases are different, I'll tell you about my own 
So, I decided to try fheroes2. A good engine for the Second Heroes, a lot has been added and improved for nostalgia. But this needs resources from the game. I have English and Russian versions of the game in the mdf-mds image format. I pulled the game files from the images using poweriso.
But the resources needed by the engine are inside the cab archives. I tried to pull them out using cabextract. But the wise cabextract cursed me and said that InstallShield is used there, not Microsoft Cabinet File, and that I need to use Unshield 
After that, I compiled Unshield. Did so:
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unshield x data1.cabAnd now I have the game resources I need for fheroes2.
Well, bundled with fheroes2 is a script that pulls resources from the proprietary version of the game using innoextract. But my version is "not quite" branded 
And besides, it's not sporty
In addition, you can install the game using Wine and take resources from there. But again ...
The English and Russian versions work fine, I checked.
In general, here is Unshield:
unshield-1.5.1-fossapup-x86_64.petDifferent devices. Different approach.
Some applications, such as MikeWalsh's Masterpdfeditor4, https://www.forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=1060 require Qt4 libraries that may be hard to track down. At least for that application, the attached will suffice, https://www.mediafire.com/file/t2gur0nu ... 7.pet/file
@mikeslr :-
mikeslr wrote: Mon Apr 24, 2023 3:24 pmSome applications, such as MikeWalsh's Masterpdfeditor4, https://www.forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=1060 require Qt4 libraries that may be hard to track down. At least for that application, the attached will suffice, https://www.mediafire.com/file/t2gur0nu ... 7.pet/file
The portable builds of MasterPDFEditor have the required Qt4 libs built-in, Mike. Shouldn't be any need for a Qt4 package.
Trying to find standalone Qt4 packages for 64-bit Puppies is something of an uphill task, Mike. Very few ever got put together, unlike the massive archive-full that got built for 32-bitzers...
T'other Mike. 
@mikewalsh: Good to know. Good thing one of us is fully awake. 
I got so used to having to install the libs before you published the portable that it hadn't occurred to me to check.
Puppy fans:
Over the course of my use of Fossapup64 for a couple of years I managed to track down and store a bunch of Qt4 libs some applications needed. If you let me know what LIstDD thinks is missing, I may be able to shorten your search for them.
Hi @Grey
Testing.-
If it really works... it could be a MUST.
thanks for sharing.... CHEERS.
Grey wrote: Sat Apr 17, 2021 2:57 amProgram to clean OS which allow to find music duplicates, empty folders, similar files(and images too), invalid symlinks, zeroed files and other types of junk.
Judging by the name (czkawka = hiccups), the program is clearly from Poland
Pet: https://disk.yandex.ru/d/evKbirzD_W-hrg
Launch via Menu>>Filesystem>>Czkawka
Can be run from the command line without GUI with the czkawka_cli command. Help is invoked as usual with the czkawka_cli --help (or -h) command.
czkawka.png
PP4MNK
Not bad, not bad. Although it is not sporty and relaxes the brain to learn nothing
Everything is much more modest for me. GoldenDict with a modest set of dictionaries
From left to right (after the speaker icon): English-Russian by Apresyan, Russian-English by Smirnitsky, dictionary of musical terms, dictionary of pagan concepts and Gods, terms from Stanislaw Lem's books, Shakespeare encyclopedia, Russian verbal stress, dictionary of Spirits and Gods, English-English WordNet, Russian morphology, English Wiki, Russian Wiki.
Different devices. Different approach.
I don't know if anyone else will need it. But I have already compiled and done pet, so...
So, for GFX there is a Holy Trinity in the person of Blender, Gimp and Inkscape And there is Another Trinity for reading and maintaining the library, well, it's Cool Reader, GoldenDict and freeLib.
So, freeLib.
3 languages are supported (English, Russian and Ukrainian). Not only in menu, but also in "virtual alphabet" to search for books by various criteria.
Therefore, you will be able to search and read Shakespeare, Pushkin and Shevchenko, respectively.
So, what can the program do:
Importing a library from inpx files. I do not know which English-language online libraries exist in the form of an "offline archive of the entire library + inpx file". But I have two Russian-speaking ones on my hard drive, each about 300 gigabytes (fb2 format). Finding books in your language is your task
Working with user libraries (based on fb2/EPUB/fbd).
Working with multiple libraries.
The ability to assign a separate program for each book format (Cool Reader, FBReader, etc).
Saving books to the selected folder (very useful if the library is 300 GB ).
Search and filter books (who would have thought ) - authors, series, genres.
Setting up the formatting of books (fonts, letters, titles, hyphenations, etc).
Hide and sit quietly in the system tray
OPDS/HTTP server.
Built-in conversion to MOBI/AZW3/EPUB.
Pet:
freeLib-6.0.50-fossapup-x86_64.pet
If someone needs kindlegen, then I compiled it too, but removed it because of the size (28 M and I don't need it - I have Kobo ebooks with installed Cool Reader on them ). If necessary, I can post it.
(KindleGen a program offered by Amazon, which allows authors to create eBooks to be used in a Kindle device, and publish them on the eBook store).
I decided to reread Alien, Total Recall and Blade Runner. Yes, the films are also good, but don't judge me harshly :
Different devices. Different approach.
In Fossapup64 I get this error when running cpu-x in the terminal:
cpu-x: error while loading shared libraries: libcpuid.so.16: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Not in PPM either.
Jasper wrote: Wed May 10, 2023 5:47 am@Geek3579
You will need all the files to download to run the application.
The second link is
libcpuid-0.6.3-x86_64
https://www.mediafire.com/file/19vllcdj ... 4.pet/file..........also there is a desktop entry in the System menu
Thanks, I should have guessed that ...seniors moment... again !!!!
Network File Sharing (NFS) is a protocol that allows you to share directories and files with other Linux clients over a network.
Compiled without systemd
All of these are required
nfs-utils-2.6.3-x86_64
https://www.mediafire.com/file/1vyq3iey ... 4.pet/file
cyrus-sasl-2.1.28-x86_64
https://www.mediafire.com/file/b48fdf0r ... 4.pet/file
keyutils-1.6.1-x86_64
https://www.mediafire.com/file/8lgkh93v ... 4.pet/file
krb5-1.20.1-x86_64
https://www.mediafire.com/file/y00py09f ... 4.pet/file
libedit-20221030-3.1-x86_64
https://www.mediafire.com/file/njjrqkmo ... 4.pet/file
libevent-2.1.12-stable-x86_64
https://www.mediafire.com/file/qcgids1d ... 4.pet/file
libnsl-2.0.0-x86_64
https://www.mediafire.com/file/443xf6pv ... 4.pet/file
libtirpc-1.3.3-x86_64
https://www.mediafire.com/file/poq9180h ... 4.pet/file
openldap-2.6.4-x86_64
https://www.mediafire.com/file/hhii38ze ... 4.pet/file
rpcbind-1.2.6-x86_64
https://www.mediafire.com/file/wv07cmnj ... 4.pet/file
rpcsvc-proto-1.4.3-x86_64
https://www.mediafire.com/file/o47eyjwp ... 4.pet/file
sqlite-3410200-x86_64
https://www.mediafire.com/file/un0b5e7d ... 4.pet/file
Hey Jasper, I installed both openssl-1.1.1t-x86_64 and openssl_DEV-1.1.1t-x86_64 and PPM repos update stopped working.
Once uninstalled it and reinstalled 1.1.1s version, PPM update works again.
Cheers
Quick question, I'm seeing a lot handy apps and utils here lately. Are these strictly for fossapup64_9.5, or are they useful in F96?
I have working copies of both, but I've been moving to F96 as I have it loaded up with applications and configs equal to my old 9.5 OS.
I can check versions in F96 in the terminal and see what is and isn't installed, but thought asking the general question would be helpful.
I'm mostly concerned with utils, like alsalib and things that might break.
geo_c
Old School Hipster, and Such
FP95 and FP96-CE can both use Ubuntu Focal binaries.
FP96-CE uses PulseAudio by default, so don't bother with ALSA updates.
The binaries themselves should be okay and if there is more than one link in a message, generally the additional links are libraries that are required. Unless, I state it's Documentation.
To be honest most people have large storage devices so your only saving a tiny amount overall.
I am working on a 4GB USB flash drive, which is why I strip down as much as I can for personal reasons.
The only difference I am aware of is that FP96-CE has an updated GCC compiler. This will be backwards compatible.
Check your PPM first beforehand if the application is already available via the PPM.
Finally, make sure you make a backup of your save file/folder before implementing changes. Also, try a "sandbox" application so it is self contained and does not make any changes/additions.
My multimedia applications generally will only support ALSA, JACK and OSS all of which are included in FP95.
The downloads will be removed by the host after 14 days of inactivity.
This is a python implementation of the perl atool script. It provides a unified syntax for various cli archive utilities.
The version 1.13 is not released yet - just download the master zip from https://github.com/wummel/patool
The attached file contains a modified patool-1.13mod1. It's a simple zip archive, unpack it to see the source.
Usage: download, put in PATH (move to /root/my-applications/bin), rename to atool or anything, make executable, and run with --help for further information.
Run ./patool-1.13mod1.zip formats to see what file formats are supported.
Tested on Fossapup64 but should work on many recent puppy variants.
The changes I've made are:
Min Python version set to 3.8 (to run on Fossapup64).
Added short command aliases.
Added short option aliases.
Fix: temporary directories now are removed even if not empty (after extraction with a wrong password).
Added support for squashfs (.sfs) files (with mksquashfs and unsquashfs).
patool-1.13mod2 - a modified version of patool.
I've made some additional changes but haven't tested them thoroughly, so if it doesn't work, use the previous version from the viewtopic.php?p=90617#p90617 above.
Changelog:
Global options (--verbose and --non-interactive) placed after the sub-commands (to use them with command aliases).
Removed help pagination (the info is not very long).
Replaced `...' with '...' and 'patool' with a program filename in log messages.
Fixed FileNotFoundError in patool repack in rare circumstances.
Added support for extracting and listing puppy pet packages (with tar and head).
Fix: create a custom directory for extracting with tar if it doesn't exist.
Usage example: use patool to extract the content of its own zipapp package:
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chmod 755 patool-1.13mod2.zip
./patool-1.13mod2.zip x patool-1.13mod2.zip
Note: this tool creates a directory automatically if an archive contains more than one file in its root.
Grey wrote: Mon Jan 23, 2023 6:58 ambob93 wrote: Tue Jan 03, 2023 3:46 amHello. This version of inkscape has a very unfortunate bug that was fixed in later versions. Do you know if there's been any newer version released for puppy?
Hello. Here is the latest version 1.2.2 (SFS):
inkscape-1.2.2-fossapup-x86_64_9.5.sfs
If you just need to draw, then all the tools and filters work. But if you, like me sometimes, have to use extensions, then you need to install Pip and then install the modules with the python -m pip install XXX command.
In the future, I may start stuffing modules into sfs. Usually everyone shouts that "security", "ugly" and so on
In addition, I recommend choosing a normal icon theme in the Inkscape settings, and not this nasty one, which is by default
Hi. I downloaded this package and I'm trying to get some extensions to work, mainly interpolate. Is that command meant to be used just as written in urvxt terminal? When I do that I get
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/usr/bin/python: No module named pipWhat am I missing?
Fossapup64 9.5
Jasper wrote: Tue Jun 20, 2023 9:02 amInfo:
https://www.mankier.com/1/jpegoptimjpegoptim-1.5.4-x86_64
https://www.mediafire.com/file/z0zljn67 ... 4.pet/fileBasic example of use:
jpegoptim <filename.jpg> --strip-all --totals --workers=4 --force --dest=<path to where you want to keep the optimised file>The workers variable allows you to change the number of cpu cores. The default is 1.
This works really well, THANKS ! I also decided to make a simple BASH script for batch resizing of jpegs:
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#!/bin/sh
# This requires the jpegoptim .PET to be installed in fossapup64
# Create the target folder "OUT" for resized jpegs in the working directory containing the original JPEGs
# Modify the target size of jpeg if required, eg 250k
for x in *.JPG ; do
jpegoptim --size=250k $x --dest=OUT
done