HI

[Michiel]

I'm a native English speaker but try as I might, I just can't get the specifics of package managing.

Granted, I've never had a command of the command line but I've downloaded PiSiYap and I still don't know what to fill in or why. I really do want to learn though.

I've downloaded the Frostwire source as my first project but it has tons of files in it, some of which are OSX, Windows, and Debian. I'm ashamed to say that I have no idea what to do with it...or at the very least where to even start.  

frostwire used to be present as a PISI package in some of the unofficial repositories (2009 version) already, so for that software specifically you might not have to tsrat pisifying yourself ;-)

[Michiel]

http://paketler.pardus-linux.org/P2009-free/frostwire-4.21.1-6-5.pisi

for Pardus 2009

[Kranthi]

Are pardus 2009 repos suitable for pardus 2011?

[Craig]

Okay, I shall PiSifY myself with some other software.  

[Michiel]

Okay, I shall PiSifY myself with some other software.  

that's the spirit 

I have only some little experience with pisifying LXDE dekstop environment components PISI packages untill the friendly guy that hosts the repo fristwire is in took over and completed, that's why there are also lots of LXDE pisi packages in the same repo as where the Fristwire PISI package resides...

surprise us I would say 

[atolboo]

...or at the very least where to even start.  

My suggestion is:  
http://www.pardususer.de/index.php?action=repository&dir=/build-files
and for the more complicated ones
https://svn.pardus.org.tr/pardus/

The first one are made by non-professionals and amateurs (like me )
My first attempt is with  Isowriter here and ends HERE.

[atolboo]

Are pardus 2009 repos suitable for pardus 2011?

NO

[atolboo]

http://paketler.pardus-linux.org/P2009-free/frostwire-4.21.1-6-5.pisi

for Pardus 2009

Can you also tell where the buildfiles are available

[Michiel]

http://paketler.pardus-linux.org/P2009-free/frostwire-4.21.1-6-5.pisi

for Pardus 2009

Can you also tell where the buildfiles are available

No, but after Googling I found:
http://svn.pardus-linux.org/paketler/P2009-free/frostwire/pspec.xml

and in:
http://svn.pardus-linux.org/paketler/P2009-free/frostwire/
you also find the actions.py, translations.xml files and /files folder

[atolboo]

Thanks.
In general their buildfiles are in http://svn.pardus-linux.org/paketler/P2009-free/

And try

Code:

sudo pisi bi http://svn.pardus-linux.org/paketler/P2009-free/frostwire/pspec.xml -y

in a console to build the package locally for your P20.. system.
As long as you don't get error(s), there are not much problems.
And when you get error(s), copy the files and start changing the files (primarily pspec.xml) to try to solve the problems.

[Craig]

Yes! I got it to work. Now I  think I see what's wrong with version 4.12.3. They don't have the right type of file for it.