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Old 10-26-2004, 06:27 PM   #1
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Forgot to install pkgtools?


So... if I either forgot to check the pkgtools option, or accidently unchecked it thinking I was checking it during the install, how do I go about installing the pkgtools package so that I can then install other slackware packages... or should I just reload?

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Old 10-26-2004, 06:32 PM   #2
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It is a tarball so you are able to unpck it with tar -xzvf <name of package> . You don't need the install dir that's created. After that, use the pkgtool to install the pkgtools again
 
Old 10-27-2004, 04:14 AM   #3
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Maybe you can boot into Slackware 10.0 disk1 and install pkgtools.

(Just presenting a choice)
 
Old 10-27-2004, 04:31 AM   #4
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Put the package in your / directory. Then:

tar xzf pkgtools-10.0.0-i486-1.tgz
rm -R install
installpkg pkgtools-10.0.0-i486-1.tgz
rm pkgtools-10.0.0-i486-1.tgz
 
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