[SOLVED] Slackpkg not installing daw (daw.template)

fredmyra · 03-14-2024, 05:44 PM

I have just installed Slackware64-15.0 on a Fujitsu Lifebook, intel i-7, updated, installed latest kernel, installed slackpkgplus with the enclosed config file, downloaded daw.template (https://slackware.nl/people/alien/to...s/daw.template) and ran:

Code:

root@lifebook2:/# slackpkg install daw

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

No packages match the pattern for install. Try:

	/usr/sbin/slackpkg reinstall|upgrade

then I thought I had a memory of once doing

Code:

root@lifebook2:/# slackpkg install daw

and got

Code:

root@lifebook2:/# slackpkg install daw.template

Looking for daw.template in package list. Please wait... DONE

No packages match the pattern for install. Try:

	/usr/sbin/slackpkg reinstall|upgrade

root@lifebook2:/#

I had the template initially at

Code:

~/Slack_Store/daw.template

then I moved it to

Code:

~/Slack_Store/myrepo/daw.template

and then tried adding

Code:

REPOPLUS=( slackpkgplus restricted alienbob myrepo)
MIRRORPLUS['myrepo']=dir://home/arthur/Slack_Store/myrepo

to the configuration file.
In every case I ran

Code:

slackpkg install daw

and

Code:

slackpkg install daw.template

from both ~/ and the directory containing daw.template and in every case I got exactly the same result as above.

I am probably missing some silly small detail here, but I have been unable to catch it by myself, so I once again turn to my gurus at LQT!

quickbreakfast · 03-14-2024, 11:15 PM

While I am no expert, and far less a guru, it looks to me like you are trying to install a slackbuilds package while using 'main' slackware.

I suggest you meander over to slackbuilds.org find the package you want, and follow the How To instructions on the slackbuilds front page.

ethelack · 03-14-2024, 11:55 PM

If daw.template really is a slackpkg template (from my inspection it looks like it is) refer to man slackpkg. The template file must be copied to the template directory /etc/slackpkg/templates/ and then run 'slackpkg install-template daw.template'

fredmyra · 03-15-2024, 05:11 AM

Quote:

posted by @quickbreakfast:While I am no expert, and far less a guru, it looks to me like you are trying to install a slackbuilds package while using 'main' slackware.

Thanks for a prompt answer!
I never know for sure, when speaking of data matters. But I got my instructions from Bob Alien, and the package is https://slackware.nl/people/alien/to...s/daw.template. I did not paste the link properly in the OP.

fredmyra · 03-15-2024, 05:51 AM

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posted by @ethelack:The template file must be copied to the template directory /etc/slackpkg/templates/ and then run 'slackpkg install-template daw.template'

As soon as I read your post I felt absolutely sure that this was the bit I was missing.

So I placed the template at the right place and did:

Code:

slackpkg install-template daw.template

and was not the least frustrated when I got exactly the same message as in the OP, because I did feel I had the right info and was just misusing it.

I then, as usual did a few instinctive trials around what I assumed was the right logic, although with Bob Aliens command version also in mind:

Code:

slackpkg install daw.template

Code:

slackpkg install-template daw

Code:

slackpkg install daw

and some which were actually typos

Code:

slackpkg install-template /etc/slackpkg daw.template

Code:

slackpkg install-template /etc/slackpkg daw

Code:

slackpkg install /etc/slackpkg daw.template

Code:

slackpkg install /etc/slackpkg daw

and then I realized I had typos and added the missing bit, and pressed enter before completing the command, which in theory meant a new typo:

Code:

 slackpkg install /etc/slackpkg/templates/daw.template

since I meant to run

Code:

 slackpkg install-template /etc/slackpkg/templates/daw.template

after checkin the manual.
But the whole thing was installed.

This kind of experience is probably what I like the most about Slackware!
Many many thanks for a quick and concise solution !!!

fredmyra · 03-15-2024, 06:23 AM

In retrospect I am thinking that my mistake after getting @ethelack's advice was not checking the meaning of "TEMPLATENAME" in the slackpkg manual:

Quote:

slackpkg [OPTIONS] {generate-template|install-template|remove-template} TEMPLATENAME

I am also thinking that

Code:

       slackpkg [OPTIONS] {install|remove|search|file-search|download|upgrade|reinstall} {PATTERN|FILE}

is probably an alternative.

The manual did not help very much with my problem:

Code:

TEMPLATENAME is the name of your template

as I would (and did) understood that the "name" was 'daw.template'.

So I had to solve it like a baby solves his first pre-logic experiences with language, by some sort of 'sampling'. Might that have anything to do with the concept of AI ? :-)

ethelack · 03-15-2024, 07:34 PM

My bad thanks for the clarification of TEMPLATENAME

Windu · 03-16-2024, 07:37 AM

Based on Alien Bob's blog where he describes this daw.template file and also the slackpkg man page, these should be the commands to run as root:

Code:

wget http://www.slackware.com/~alien/tools/templates/daw.template
mv daw.template /etc/slackpkg/templates/
slackpkg update
slackpkg install-template daw

fredmyra · 03-17-2024, 02:06 AM

typo

Quote:

posted by @ethelack:
My bad thanks for the clarification of TEMPLATENAME

Nothing wrong with your post, it was perfect info. The problem was my limited fluency in Linux language.

But as in the learning of natural languages, this is the way to learn, which perhaps will explain my mentioning of babies and AI.

Thanks again ! your post was extremely helpful.

fredmyra · 03-17-2024, 02:12 AM

Quote:

posted by @Windu:
Based on Alien Bob's blog where he describes this daw.template file and also the slackpkg man page, these should be the commands to run as root:
Code:

wget http://www.slackware.com/~alien/tool...s/daw.template
mv daw.template /etc/slackpkg/templates/
slackpkg update
slackpkg install-template daw

Thanks for pointing it out Windu. I got confused by all the combinations when editing the post. And did not review it properly.