[SOLVED] Swaret only prints version number

hi, i installed swaret on my slackware machine but every time i launch it all it does is print the version. No matter what commands i use. Uninstalling and reinstalling swaret did not work either. Please help me find the problem. Downloading and installing swaret-tools didn't not fix this either. The command

swaret --update

...outputs

swaret 1.6.3-2

The swaret command needs some parameters to do much else:
SYNOPSIS
swaret --ACTION [KEYWORD] [OPTION]


Type man swaret for details such as,
ACTIONS - OPTIONS
--update
Retrieve the latest List Files

--upgrade
NO_OPTION : Upgrade all installed Packages manually
-a : Upgrade all installed Packages automatically

That's just it ALL the commands output the swaret version number even those that do require optional parameters

swaret --update -a

and

swaret --update package_name

and

 swaret --update

still output

swaret 1.6.3-2

If swaret is actually doing nothing it must be broken or misconfigured.

Try cat /etc/swaret.conf, swaret --set or swaret --config to see what might need changing.

Looking at swaret.conf, offhand, you could be pointed to a non-existent repository, an unusable NIC or the wrong proxy server, but I would still expect some error-messages to give a clue.

Originally Posted by RobertP If swaret is actually doing nothing it must be broken or misconfigured. Try cat /etc/swaret.conf, swaret --set or swaret --config to see what might need changing. Looking at swaret.conf, offhand, you could be pointed to a non-existent repository, an unusable NIC or the wrong proxy server, but I would still expect some error-messages to give a clue.

Will do so and report back.

yup that's the problem lack of a swaret.conf file. After creating it Now swaret tells me that i lack a package called bc.

 swaret

outputs

 swaret 1.6.3-2 
You need 'bc' in order to use swaret!
'bc' can be found in the Slackware Packages Directory: slackware/ap!

installed bc and now swaret works