how to install programs on slackware 10.2

Jedi_Jay87 · 03-17-2006, 12:24 AM

I know this is a really really newb question but i cant get thing to install on slack, I've tried the install pkg but it just give me:

-bash: installpkg: command not found

What am i doing wrong?

Nylex · 03-17-2006, 12:35 AM

You need to be root to use installpkg, so use the su command first and then installpkg.

Jedi_Jay87 · 03-17-2006, 12:39 AM

ok so i got that fixed heres another question along the same lines how to i turn a .tar file into a tgz file

Zmyrgel · 03-17-2006, 01:31 AM

That I don't know but couln't you just install it in more "traditional" way.
1. Untar it
2. ./configure
3. make
4. make install
5. make clean

Make sure you read the INSTALL documentation first though.

Jedi_Jay87 · 03-17-2006, 02:43 AM

Maybe u could go into more detail for me with that?

/bin/bash · 03-17-2006, 03:20 AM

You need to read this thread in the Slackware forum, it's called This is how I do it all. Lots of good info in that thread, but it's a long read.

Jedi_Jay87 · 03-17-2006, 03:27 AM

Alright thanks ill do that and i read technical stuff all the time so it shouldnt be a problem.

alright I've gone through that maybe i missed something but it didnt say anything about what Zmyrgel talked about.

/bin/bash · 03-17-2006, 03:49 AM

Quote:

ok so i got that fixed heres another question along the same lines how to i turn a .tar file into a tgz file

gzip file.tar
mv file.tar.gz file.tgz

In other words once you gzip a tar file it is the same as a tgz file. The extensions .tgz and .tar.gz are just 2 ways of denoting the same type of file.

Jedi_Jay87 · 03-17-2006, 04:18 AM

Hey thanks i couldn't have gotten a better answer then that