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suppose i install a slackware 12.2 package on an older slackware 11, and there is no complaints on missing libs or kernel version, will it work?

Very simple and incomplete explanation ...

I don't think it will work, because Slackware 12.2 uses glibc-2.7 and gcc-4.2.4
where Slackware 11.0 uses glibc-2.3.6 and gcc-3.4.6 -- for starters.

If you want to build a pkg from 12.2 on 11.0, edit the <package>.SlackBuild script
that comes with 12.2 and build it on 11.0.

Check Alien Bob's repository of packages ... several versions are available.

If you need more specific help, which package is it?

Hi,
Since a Slackware package is just a gzipped tar file, any version of Slackware will happily install it without error.
But it almost certainly will not function correctly (or at all).

Some information about building on different Slackware versions here:
http://slackbuilds.org/howto/versions/

installation wont be a problem, but it will definitely not function properly, to ensure full compatibility the package must be built/recompiled from source on the system, in this case, Slackware 11.

thank you all. the package in question is advancemame-0.106.1-i486-1rg.tgz for slackware 12.2. i managed to install it on zipslack11, including dependencies (also for sw12.2). it sorta works, but when i exit i am left with black screen on all terminals. i could still login and type commands, i just can't see any result.

i was hoping the problem is similar to this:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ed-...-762469/