Upgrading Xfree from console
 

HI
first post here, totally newbye on linux. i installed slackware 9.1 upgraded KDE but now KDE won't start due to wrong version of Xfree, i deleted all the packages of the old Xfree via pkgtool but now i have to install Xfree 4.4, but i've to download it. and all from console, how can i do this?
i tried the command slapt-get but it isn't recognisez as a command on my pc.
can u suggest me something? i should download all the packages from xfree 4.4 and install them.

thanks in advance

to install/upgrade in Slacware use the following steps:

1) download whatever packages you want (like X) from wherever you want

2) cd to where you downloaded the packages

3) if you downloaded the binaries then run pkgtool *.tgz to install
else you can compile the package for your machine

4) start your program (x) and enjoy!

to download the packages from console, discover the wonderful world of lynx. It is a text based web browser, kind of fun to play with. Or if you have the full web address of the package you can use wget to download them.

If you downloaded and installed slapt-get (installed using the command installpkg slapt-getxxx.tgz (that xxx is just whatever is actually there in the filename)as root of course). Then as root type slapt-get -update then you can use it to install what you want.

thanks all! I am trying to learn as much as I can, and one thing I've been wanting to do is upgrade KDE to it's newest version w/out errors! :D

thanks a lot!!! a friend of mine suggested links and i've done everything now!! :)