Can someone ELI5 me how to create tcz extensions?

[john110]

Hello,

I need to install several apps such as keepassxc https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/, lbry.tv https://github.com/lbryio/lbrytv and so many other applications that aren't present in the repos.

I tried to google how to create tcz extensions, but I couldn't understand a damn thing, to be honest, the documentations seemed to skip a lot of steps and It seemed to be aimed towards experimented users...

So, I'm kindly asking for a nice and gentle soul to be able to Eli5 me and provides me step by step instructions on how to install an app that isn't present in the official repo 

Thank you a lot for your help

[Sashank999]

Hi john110,

First do `tce-load -i squashfs-tools findutils` then do this after you unpack the source and the ./configure or make or cmake steps :

You need to make squashfs extensions out of the installed apps:

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...
$ touch mymarker
$ sudo make install
$ sudo find / -not -type 'd' -cnewer mymarker | grep -v "\/proc\/" | grep -v "^\/sys\/" | tee files
$ vi files [edit unneeded files]
$ sudo tar -T files --numeric-owner -zcvf extension.tce
$ mkdir /tmp/pkg
$ cp extension.tce /tmp/pkg
$ cd /tmp/pkg
$ sudo tar xf extension.tce
$ rm extension.tce
$ cd ..
$ sudo mksquashfs pkg/ extension.tcz

This is enough to create personal tcz. You can move it to your tce/optional directory and add it to your onboot.lst so that it can be loaded on every boot instead of typing tce-load every time.

[Juanito]

Have you seen:

http://wiki.tinycorelinux.net/doku.php?id=wiki:creating_extensions

http://tinycorelinux.net/11.x/x86_64/tcz/src/keepassx/

[john110]

Hi john110,

First do `tce-load -i squashfs-tools findutils` then do this after you unpack the source and the ./configure or make or cmake steps :

You need to make squashfs extensions out of the installed apps:

Code: [Select]

...
$ touch mymarker
$ sudo make install
$ sudo find / -not -type 'd' -cnewer mymarker | grep -v "\/proc\/" | grep -v "^\/sys\/" | tee files
$ vi files [edit unneeded files]
$ sudo tar -T files --numeric-owner -zcvf extension.tce
$ mkdir /tmp/pkg
$ cp extension.tce /tmp/pkg
$ cd /tmp/pkg
$ sudo tar xf extension.tce
$ rm extension.tce
$ cd ..
$ sudo mksquashfs pkg/ extension.tcz

This is enough to create personal tcz. You can move it to your tce/optional directory and add it to your onboot.lst so that it can be loaded on every boot instead of typing tce-load every time.

After sudo make install, I get an error:

*** No rule to make target 'install'. Stop.

Have you seen:

http://wiki.tinycorelinux.net/doku.php?id=wiki:creating_extensions

http://tinycorelinux.net/11.x/x86_64/tcz/src/keepassx/

Yes, I already read both and they don't help me much...

[Juanito]

Using: http://tinycorelinux.net/11.x/x86_64/tcz/src/keepassx/

You need to do this first:

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$ tce-load -i compiletc cmake libgcrypt-dev qt-5.x-dev zlib_base-dev

$ cd keepassx*

$ mkdir build
$ cd build

$ cmake -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE="-flto -fuse-linker-plugin -march=i486 -mtune=i686 -Os -pipe" -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE="-flto -fuse-linker-plugin -march=i486 -mtune=i686 -Os -pipe -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=TRUE -DWITH_GUI_TESTS=ON -DWITH_CXX11=ON ../

$ make

[john110]

Using: http://tinycorelinux.net/11.x/x86_64/tcz/src/keepassx/

You need to do this first:

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$ tce-load -i compiletc cmake libgcrypt-dev qt-5.x-dev zlib_base-dev

$ cd keepassx*

$ mkdir build
$ cd build

$ cmake -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE="-flto -fuse-linker-plugin -march=i486 -mtune=i686 -Os -pipe" -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE="-flto -fuse-linker-plugin -march=i486 -mtune=i686 -Os -pipe -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=TRUE -DWITH_GUI_TESTS=ON -DWITH_CXX11=ON ../

$ make

can't cd to keepassx*: No such file or directory

[Juanito]

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$ wget https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/releases/download/2.6.0/keepassxc-2.6.0-src.tar.xz
$ tar xf keepassxc-2.6.0-src.tar.xz
$ cd keepassxc*

[john110]

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$ wget https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/releases/download/2.6.0/keepassxc-2.6.0-src.tar.xz
$ tar xf keepassxc-2.6.0-src.tar.xz
$ cd keepassxc*

I can't send all terminal logs unfortunately, because I don't know how to copy them (ctrl + c doesn't work and I can't drag and drop them).

I got errors:

-- Configuring incomplete, errors occured!

See also "/home/tc/keepassxc-2.6.0/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log
See also "/home/tc/keepassxc-2.6.0/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeError.log

Pastebin link to: CMakeOutput.log -> https://pastebin.com/raw/JFFmRFWE
Pastebin link to: CMakeError.log -> https://pastebin.com/raw/MNxzKfWK

[Juanito]

From CMakeLists.txt:

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find_package(LibGPGError REQUIRED)
find_package(Gcrypt 1.7.0 REQUIRED)
find_package(Argon2 REQUIRED)
find_package(ZLIB REQUIRED)
find_package(QREncode REQUIRED)
find_package(sodium 1.0.12 REQUIRED)..so it seems you'll need argon, qrencode and sodium.

You could also try an older version, which might not need those additional deps.

[john110]

From CMakeLists.txt:

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find_package(LibGPGError REQUIRED)
find_package(Gcrypt 1.7.0 REQUIRED)
find_package(Argon2 REQUIRED)
find_package(ZLIB REQUIRED)
find_package(QREncode REQUIRED)
find_package(sodium 1.0.12 REQUIRED)..so it seems you'll need argon, qrencode and sodium.

How can I get these, I can't find any of them in the repo...?

[Juanito]

Things seem to work if you use this: http://tinycorelinux.net/11.x/x86_64/tcz/src/keepassx/keepassx-master-commit_1682ab9.zip

[john110]

Things seem to work if you use this: http://tinycorelinux.net/11.x/x86_64/tcz/src/keepassx/keepassx-master-commit_1682ab9.zip

I downloaded it, what should I do, now?

[Juanito]

Unzip it, cd into it, then use the same instructions.

[john110]

Unzip it, cd into it, then use the same instructions.

CMakae Warning:
Manually-specified variables were not used by the project:

WITH_CXX11

-- Build files have been written to: /home/tc/Downloads/keepassx-master-commit_1682ab9/keepassx-master/build

What's up next? (I have a folder, but still no tcz extension)

[Juanito]

The necessary commands are all listed in this thread, please take a moment to look through them to see what comes next.