Hey i'm new to slackware....??????

t1nm@n · 10-15-2010, 03:58 AM

Hey i'm new to slackware. I installed 13 version of slackware... i need a package manager... some how when i click on the packagemanager seen n the menu it says SMART package required.... pls advice needed

And i'm looking to tweak my kde desktop with compiz and stuff like that... any pointers on that would be appreciated

also Open Office has the raleigh theme how can i have qt on that too

~t1nm@n

xandercage17 · 10-15-2010, 04:29 AM

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affinity · 10-15-2010, 05:31 AM

Slackware's package manager is 'slackpkg'. You can check out SlackBuilds.org for software that has build scripts already created by other users. Check out the FAQ on their website for more information.

onebuck · 10-15-2010, 07:48 AM

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by affinity

Slackware's package manager is 'slackpkg'. You can check out SlackBuilds.org for software that has build scripts already created by other users. Check out the FAQ on their website for more information.

'pkgtool' is the original;

Quote:

excerpt from 'man pkgtool';
NAME
pkgtool - software package maintenance tool.

SYNOPSIS
pkgtool

pkgtool [ --sets #a#b#c# ] [ --source_mounted ] [ --ignore_tagfiles ] [
--tagfile tagfile ] [ --source_dir directory ] [ --target_dir directory ] [
--source_device device ]

DESCRIPTION
pkgtool is a menu-driven package maintenance tool provided with the Slackware
Linux distribution. It allows the user to install, remove, or view software
packages through an interactive system. Pkgtool can also be used to re-run
the menu-driven scripts normally executed at the end of a Slackware installa-
tion. This is useful for doing basic reconfiguration (like changing the
mouse type).

catkin · 10-15-2010, 08:00 AM

sbopkg is a nice front end to SlackBuilds.

hitest · 10-15-2010, 08:29 AM

A good site for OOo packages. Robby is a Slackware developer, his packages are first rate.

http://rlworkman.net/pkgs/

affinity · 10-21-2010, 05:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by onebuck

Hi,
'pkgtool' is the original;

Oops, thank you for the correction. Funny thing is that I had just used the tool to install the new updates before posting that and I still got it wrong.

tommcd · 10-21-2010, 07:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by t1nm@n

Hey i'm new to slackware. ...

It is a good idea to read the SlackBook if you have not already:
http://slackbook.org/

Quote:

Originally Posted by t1nm@n

And i'm looking to tweak my kde desktop with compiz and stuff like that... any pointers on that would be appreciated

There are slackbuild scripts for compiz at http://slackbuilds.org/. Just go there and search for "compiz". You can use the previously mentioned sbopkg http://sbopkg.org/ to automate building those packages.