SlackBuildsOrg · brobr · Sep 1, 2026 · Sep 2, 2026 · Sep 2, 2026 · Sep 1, 2026
diff --git a/academic/rpy2/README b/academic/rpy2/README
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-Python interface to the R language.
+Python -> R bridge
 
-rpy2 is running an embedded R, providing access to it
-from Python using R's own C-API through either:
+rpy2 is an interface to R running embedded in a Python process.
 
 1) a high-level interface making R functions and objects
 just like Python functions and providing a seamless
@@ -12,13 +11,77 @@ conversion to numpy and pandas data structures
 It is also providing features for when working with
 jupyter notebooks or ipython.
 
-NOTE:
-R needs to be compiled with the shared library flag,
-thus: build R on SBo with R_SHLIB=yes and BLAS_SHLIB=yes
-(See also the notes in the rpy2.Slackbuild)
+Building the package - see also the rpy2.Slackbuild:
+  Remove installed rpy2 before building and upgrading to a new 
+  version.
 
-Remove installed rpy2 before building and upgrading to a new version.
+  R needs to be compiled with the shared library flag, that is:
+  build R on SBo with `R_SHLIB=yes` and `BLAS_SHLIB=yes`, now 
+  the default for R at SBo.
+
+  For linking to R, the path to installed R-libraries - e.g. 
+  `/usr/lib64/R/lib` - has to be exported. This is done by 
+  having this path in a `Rlibs.conf` file that is placed into 
+  `/etc/ld.so.conf.d/` during installation of the package via a 
+  `doinst.sh`. Because the $LIBDIRSUFFIX defines this path,
+  the 'doinst.sh' is generated when running the rpy2.Slackbuild 
+  and directly saved to the `package-rpy2/install` folder. A 
+  `douninst.sh` removes this file when rpy2 is uninstalled via
+  `removepkg`.
 
+A utility module is included to check rpy2’s environment after 
+installation:
+  bash-5.3$ python -m rpy2.situation
+
+Home:
+  https://rpy2.github.io/
+Documentation:
+  https://rpy2.github.io/doc.html
+
+Examples:
+  https://rpy2.github.io/doc/latest/html/introduction.html#examples
+
+Quick test (with example outcomes from 3.6.7):
+  bash-5.3$ python3
+  >>> import rpy2.robjects as robjects
+  >>> r = robjects.r
+  >>> rpy2.robjects.__version__
+  # '3.6.5'
+  >>> r("print('test')")
+  # [1] "test"
+  >>> r("print(version)")
+  #               _                           
+  # platform       x86_64-slackware-linux-gnu  
+  # arch           x86_64                      
+  # os             linux-gnu                   
+  # system         x86_64, linux-gnu           
+  # status                                     
+  # major          4                           
+  # minor          6.1                         
+  # year           2026                        
+  # month          06                          
+  # day            24                          
+  # svn rev        90187                       
+  # language       R                           
+  # version.string R version 4.6.1 (2026-06-24)
+  # nickname       Happy Hop                   
+  >>> r("library(stats)")
+  >>> x = robjects.IntVector(range(10))
+  >>> y = r.rnorm(10)
+  >>> r.X11()
+  # <rpy2.rinterface_lib.sexp.NULLType object at 0x7fce37927010> [0]
+  # you see a frame "R Graphics Device # (ACTIVE)" popping up
+  >>> r.layout(r.matrix(robjects.IntVector([1,2,3,2]), nrow=2, ncol=2))
+  # <rpy2.robjects.vectors.IntVector object at 0x7fce3796d750> [13]
+  # R classes: ('integer',)
+  # [3]
+  >>> r.plot(r.runif(10), y, xlab="runif", ylab="foo/bar", col="red")
+  # <rpy2.rinterface_lib.sexp.NULLType object at 0x7fce37927010> [0]
+  # you see a diagram
+  >>> import rpy2.rinterface
+  >>> rpy2.rinterface.__version__  # could be missing
+  >>> import rpy2.situation
+  >>> for row in rpy2.situation.iter_info():
+  ...     print(row)
+  ... 
 
-home:https://rpy2.github.io/
-documentation:https://rpy2.github.io/doc/latest/html/index.html
diff --git a/academic/rpy2/Rlibs.conf b/academic/rpy2/Rlibs.conf
diff --git a/academic/rpy2/doinst.sh b/academic/rpy2/doinst.sh
diff --git a/academic/rpy2/rpy2.SlackBuild b/academic/rpy2/rpy2.SlackBuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 # SlackBuild for rpy2
 #
-# Copyright 2020-2024 Rob van Nues (sborg63@disroot.org)
+# Copyright 2020-2026 Rob van Nues (sborg63@disroot.org)
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
 # permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
@@ -24,9 +24,15 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=rpy2
-VERSION=${VERSION:-3.6.4}
-BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-3.6.7}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-2}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
+SRCREF=RELEASE
+SRCDELIM="_"
+SRCNAM=${SRCNAM:-3_6_7}
+SRCVERSION=$SRCREF$SRCDELIM$SRCNAM
+MODULE1=${MODULE1:-rinterface}
+MODULE2=${MODULE2:-robjects}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
 
 if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
@@ -47,16 +53,12 @@ PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
 OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
 
 if [ "$ARCH" = "i586" ]; then
-  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i586 -mtune=i686"
   LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
 elif [ "$ARCH" = "i686" ]; then
-  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mtune=i686"
   LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
 elif [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
-  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC"
   LIBDIRSUFFIX="64"
 else
-  SLKCFLAGS="-O2"
   LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
 fi
 
@@ -66,8 +68,11 @@ rm -rf $PKG
 mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
 cd $TMP
 rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
-tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz
-cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
+#tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz
+tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$SRCVERSION.tar.gz
+#cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
+cd $PRGNAM-$SRCVERSION
+
 chown -R root:root .
 find -L . \
  \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 750 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 \
@@ -93,32 +98,81 @@ if ! [ "$(readelf -h $RHOMLIB/lib/libR*.so | grep DYN)" ]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
+
+# check where we build, on Slackware stable or on current (stable+)
+OSVERSION="$(cat /etc/os-release | grep "VERSION_CODENAME" | cut -c 18-)"
+PYVER=$(python3 -c 'import sys; print("%d.%d" % sys.version_info[:2])')
+
+if [[ $OSVERSION == "current" ]]; then
+  echo "Installing on current, into python$PYVER/site-packages/ "
+elif [[ $OSVERSION == "stable" ]]; then
+  echo "Installing on stable, into python$PYVER/site-packages/ "
+  export PYTHONPATH=/opt/python$PYVER/site-packages/
+else 
+  echo "Stopping; $OSVERSION is not 'stable' nor 'current, sorry." 
+  exit 1
+fi
+
 ## this removes an error message from setup.py
 ## https://github.com/rpy2/rpy2/issues/675
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${RHOMLIB}/lib:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
 echo "LD_LIBRARY_PATH set to ${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
 
+cd $PRGNAM-$MODULE1
 # replace deprecated `python3 setup.py build install --root=$PKG`
 # thanks to fourtysixandtwo
-PYVER=$(python3 -c 'import sys; print("%d.%d" % sys.version_info[:2])')
-export PYTHONPATH=/opt/python$PYVER/site-packages/
+python3 -m build --no-isolation
+python3 -m installer -d "$PKG" dist/*.whl
 
+cd ../$PRGNAM-$MODULE2
 python3 -m build --no-isolation
 python3 -m installer -d "$PKG" dist/*.whl
 
+cd ..
+
+# Remove rpaths:
+for file in $(find $PKG | xargs file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF | cut -f 1 -d : 2> /dev/null) ; do
+  if [ ! "$(patchelf --print-rpath $file 2> /dev/null)" = "" ]; then
+    patchelf --remove-rpath $file
+    echo "\nremoved rpath-file: $file\n"
+  fi
+done
+
+find $PKG -print0 | xargs -0 file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
+  | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
+
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM-$MODULE1
+mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM-$MODULE2
+mkdir -p $PKG/usr/share/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/scripts
 cp -a AUTHORS gpl-2.0.txt NEWS README* $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+cp  $PRGNAM-$MODULE1/README* $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM-$MODULE1
+cp  $PRGNAM-$MODULE2/README* $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM-$MODULE2
+cp -a scripts/* $PKG/usr/share/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/scripts
 cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
 
+mkdir -p $PKG/install
+cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
 ## to facilitate dynamic linking with R,
 ## libR.so and libRblas.so still need to be found
 ## https://github.com/rpy2/rpy2/issues/675
-mkdir -p $PKG/etc/ld.so.conf.d/
-cat $CWD/Rlibs.conf > $PKG/etc/ld.so.conf.d/Rlibs.conf
-
-mkdir -p $PKG/install
-cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
-cat $CWD/doinst.sh > $PKG/install/doinst.sh
+## for this, create "/etc/ld.so.conf.d/Rlibs.conf" with the line
+## "/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/R/lib"
+## via doinst.sh
+# thanks to cwilling
+## directly cat to package in case no w-permission on $CWD
+#cat > $CWD/doinst.sh <<EOF
+cat > $PKG/install/doinst.sh  <<EOF
+echo "/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/R/lib" > etc/ld.so.conf.d/Rlibs.conf
+sbin/ldconfig
+EOF
+#cat > $CWD/douninst.sh <<EOF
+cat > $PKG/install/douninst.sh <<EOF
+rm etc/ld.so.conf.d/Rlibs.conf
+sbin/ldconfig
+EOF
+#cat $CWD/doinst.sh > $PKG/install/doinst.sh
+#cat douninst.sh > $PKG/install/douninst.sh
 
 cd $PKG
 /sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.$PKGTYPE
diff --git a/academic/rpy2/rpy2.info b/academic/rpy2/rpy2.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="rpy2"
-VERSION="3.6.4"
+VERSION="3.6.7"
 HOMEPAGE="https://rpy2.github.io/"
-DOWNLOAD="https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/r/rpy2/rpy2-3.6.4.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="73a1368bc6b1e8eaef5b588daf7e02fc"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/rpy2/rpy2/archive/RELEASE_3_6_7/rpy2-RELEASE_3_6_7.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="7506d9e9b0996275ac55576e08e47dd7"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="R cffi python3-pytest tzlocal python3-setuptools-scm-opt"

diff --git a/system/luckybackup/README b/system/luckybackup/README
@@ -2,3 +2,17 @@ luckybackup is a powerful, fast and reliable backup & sync tool that
 relies on rsync. It is written and maintained by Loukas Avgeriou.
 The program has a graphical frontend as well as a commandline
 frontend.
+
+Web links in 'About' won't connect when luckyBackup is run as root.
+
+Inline documentation: Gui -> Help -> luckyBackup Handbook (F1) 
+    External links give a blank page that stalls the manual; to 
+    continue with inline documentation, restart the program.
+Online documentation: https://luckybackup.sourceforge.net/manual.html
+
+The current version, 0.5.0, has not changed for years, but the author
+still provides support; see
+    Discussions: https://sourceforge.net/p/luckybackup/discussion/
+    Known bugs: https://luckybackup.sourceforge.net/bugs.html
+
+Note, issues with lucky backup could relate to (updates of) rsync.