Can I just remove the *.tgz I don't wanna before upgrade?
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So, can I just remove the *.tgz that I don't wanna in the slackware directory, and the run upgradepkg --install-new ?
'upgradepkg' requires that you pass it at least one package name -- "upgradepkg --install-new" would do nothing. Deleting the packages you don't wish upgraded would of course work if you subsequently performed an "upgradepkg *.tgz --install-new".
'upgradepkg' requires that you pass it at least one package name -- "upgradepkg --install-new" would do nothing. Deleting the packages you don't wish upgraded would of course work if you subsequently performed an "upgradepkg *.tgz --install-new".
I forgot the *.tgz Yes, I mean 'upgradepkg *.tgz --install-new'.
You should not encounter any problems leaving out the Emacs packages (unless you happen to live near Richard Stallman).
You could probably be able to remove the SCIM packages. On my system, I have installed the SCIM packages but have disabled the executables ("chmod -x /usr/bin/scim*"). This seems to have worked well.
I can't imagine that excluding the firmware packages would matter -- unless you had such devices on your system.
Of course, I can only speak from my own experience.
Alternatively, you can use slackpkg on your local mirror and simply blacklist those packages or deselect them. For information on this and other upgrade related tasks, please refer to the HowTo: Upgrade Slackware 12.0 to 12.1.
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