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Remove multilib - how to upgrade gcc and glibc?

Trying to uninstall Alien Bob's multilib packages (the Wine program I needed didn't work anyway) I did this:

- installed compat32pkg
- ran

Code:

compat32pkg --remove all

and

Code:

removepkg multilibpkg compat32-tools compat32pkg

I still have these packages:

Code:

bash-4.2$ ls /var/log/packages | grep multilib

gcc-4.7.1_multilib-x86_64-1alien

gcc-g++-4.7.1_multilib-x86_64-1alien

gcc-gfortran-4.7.1_multilib-x86_64-1alien

gcc-gnat-4.7.1_multilib-x86_64-1alien

gcc-go-4.7.1_multilib-x86_64-1alien

gcc-java-4.7.1_multilib-x86_64-1alien

gcc-objc-4.7.1_multilib-x86_64-1alien

glibc-2.15_multilib-x86_64-7alien

glibc-i18n-2.15_multilib-x86_64-7alien

glibc-profile-2.15_multilib-x86_64-7alien

glibc-solibs-2.15_multilib-x86_64-7alien

glibc-zoneinfo-2012f_2012f_multilib-noarch-7alien

I can understand from the answers to this questions that I need to use upgradepkg to replace them with the stock Slackware packages.

How exactly do I do that?

Is there anything else that I need to do to revert from multilib so I won't have trouble installing SlackBuilds and other 64bit packages?

Thanks!

slackpkg reinstall <packagename>

Should I do that for all the packages listed above?
Won't that just reinstall Alien Bob's multilib packages?

Sorry but I'm pretty newbie ...

Yes for all package's.

This only work with one gcc package:

Code:

root@duk:/var/log/packages# slackpkg reinstall glibc*



Looking for glibc-2.15_multilib-x86_64-7alien glibc-i18n-2.15_multilib-x86_64-7alien glibc-profile-2.15_multilib-x86_64-7alien glibc-solibs-2.15_multilib-x86_64-7alien glibc-zoneinfo-2012f_2012f_multilib-noarch-7alien in package list. Please wait... DONE



No packages match the pattern for reinstall. Try:



        /usr/sbin/slackpkg install|upgrade 





root@duk:/var/log/packages# slackpkg reinstall gcc*



Looking for gcc-4.7.1_multilib-x86_64-1alien gcc-g++-4.7.1_multilib-x86_64-1alien gcc-gfortran-4.7.1_multilib-x86_64-1alien gcc-gnat-4.7.1_multilib-x86_64-1alien gcc-go-4.7.1_multilib-x86_64-1alien gcc-java-4.7.1_multilib-x86_64-1alien gcc-objc-4.7.1_multilib-x86_64-1alien gccmakedep-1.0.2-noarch-2 in package list. Please wait... DONE

After which I get a slackpgk menu where the only thing I can choose is this:

Code:

[*] gccmakedep-1.0.2-noarch-2.txz

Then tried upgrading but:

Code:

upgradepkg gcc*

Cannot install gcc-4.7.1_multilib-x86_64-1alien:  invalid package extension

Cannot install gcc-g++-4.7.1_multilib-x86_64-1alien:  invalid package extension

Cannot install gcc-gfortran-4.7.1_multilib-x86_64-1alien:  invalid package extension

Cannot install gcc-gnat-4.7.1_multilib-x86_64-1alien:  invalid package extension

Cannot install gcc-go-4.7.1_multilib-x86_64-1alien:  invalid package extension

Cannot install gcc-java-4.7.1_multilib-x86_64-1alien:  invalid package extension

Cannot install gcc-objc-4.7.1_multilib-x86_64-1alien:  invalid package extension

Cannot install gccmakedep-1.0.2-noarch-2:  invalid package extension

Run the command without this *

slackpkg reinstall glibc
slackpkg reinstall gcc

Hmm, doesn't seem to work:

Code:

root@duk:/var/log/packages# slackpkg reinstall glibc



Looking for glibc in package list. Please wait... DONE



No packages match the pattern for reinstall. Try:



        /usr/sbin/slackpkg install|upgrade 





root@duk:/var/log/packages# slackpkg reinstall gcc  



Looking for gcc in package list. Please wait... DONE



No packages match the pattern for reinstall. Try:



        /usr/sbin/slackpkg install|upgrade

Check your blacklist file on /etc/slackpkg

Blacklist contained '[0-9]+alien' that I added after multilib install. Didn't think of that. After removing it I can 'slackpkg upgrade glibc|gcc' - thanks. Hope my system is back to "normal" 64bit.