installpkg not working
 

I'm trying to upgrade fluxbox, (I just installed slackware 10.0) but when I try to do "installpkg fluxbox.blah.blah.tgz" I get the message "installpkg: command not found"

What's causing this?

Are you root ?
Did you install the packagetools ?
Is installpkg in your path ?
The command to upgrade a package is upgradepkg b.t.w. :)

[obsolte] rotvogel won! :P [/obsolete]

Try /sbin/installpkg . If you use su, try using su - instead (it works without the - on my system but try it anyways). If you get a command not found, I would suggest you to take a look at /var/log/packages to see if pkgtools is installed.

I logged in as root, and did /sbin/installpkg. Then it said "Installing package fluxbox.........." and a line below it "PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:" And after the prompt shows up again.

Not sure if it installed or now. I don't seem to be able to find out how to set fluxbox to be the default desktop environment either.

xwmconfig

It gets asked alot around here.

I had the same problem with upgrading fluxbox 0.1.14 to 0.9.9. I did #upgradepkg fluxbox-blabla fluxbox0.9.9blabla, saw the first package being removed, a whole bunch of error messages and a prompt. When I tried to start fluxbox, it didn't work. So I went to the Fluxbox site, downloaded the slack 10 package for fluxbox 0.9.10 and did installpkg, same result as aje. But fluxbox is working.:confused:

upgrading fluxbox is easier than you guys made it. all i did was untar the file from the / directory.

it automatically dropped it into the correct folders. i restarted flux and it works like a charm.

upgradepkg worked fine for me :???:

upgradepkg usually works fine, but this time I think you can call it digititus( finger trouble). after looking up again, I saw that I picked up the wrong package (the one for 9.1 on the 10 box). Otherwise, no message no problem!;)