slackpkg dumb problem

Gary Baker · 03-31-2007, 11:25 AM

I have uncompressed the package by running installpkg. It was there fine. I was then suppose to uncomment a server in the mirrors file which I did. I read the directions only uninstalled one by removing #. I tried again and again nothing worked. This seems like a real obvious error but I dont see it. Please help.

dive · 03-31-2007, 11:31 AM

What commands did you use? The usual sequence is

slackpkg update
then either
slackpkg (re)install <pkg>
or
slackpkg upgrade <pkg>
or
slackpkg upgrade-all

You must be root. Also you might want to experiment with different servers un-commented. For UK I use a Belgium server because it gets updated faster with new packages than the UK servers.
Also if you are using a -current server make sure you read the changelog for hints as to packages that have been split or added.

nutronix · 03-31-2007, 01:12 PM

what error message ? man slackpkg will show you also how to update your gpg key...good luck

simcox1 · 03-31-2007, 01:37 PM

Make sure you didn't leave a space where the # symbol was. There musn't be any spaces before the start of the url.

Gary Baker · 04-01-2007, 07:59 AM

Thanks all for posts so far. I thought the space idea was going to be it but it didnt work.

OK I enter 'slackpkg update' and I receive an error message:

You dont have any mirror selected in /etc/slackpkg/mirrors Please, exit that file and uncomment one mirror. Slackpkg only works with ONE mirror selected.

Thats it. I have only one mirror selected and no spaces. The program is having trouble finding and reading the mirror but how to correct?

masonm · 04-01-2007, 09:23 AM

Comment out that mirror and uncomment a different one. If you're in the U.S. I've found the tds mirror to be pretty fast and reliable.

dive · 04-01-2007, 01:28 PM

Make sure you are not uncommenting the description line. Eg mine looks like:

#Belgium, 2x1Gbit
http://ftp.belnet.be/packages/slackw...kware-current/

If you comment out the first line too you may get that error.

Gary Baker · 04-03-2007, 07:17 PM

I am beginning to think this is a permissions problem so thats the road I'm going to go down next.

nutronix · 04-03-2007, 07:45 PM

There are no permission problems for root

dive · 04-03-2007, 08:06 PM

Feel like posting your mirrors file in [code] tags?