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Old 02-23-2006, 07:00 PM   #1
rekaye1005
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add "packages" after install


redhat/fedora guy has received a curriculum teaching
slackware during week #1

students have not followed directions diligently.

whats the slackware equiv of rpm, ie
setup is complete.

i want to go back and install

1)networking(dhcp)
ifconfig shows only lo

2)samba

3)apache

4)we have a CLI environment only
how do i install config a graphical env (X?)

thanks

r kaye
 
Old 02-23-2006, 07:15 PM   #2
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Hi,

Have you had a look at what you get from

Code:
man -k packages
on your Slackware system yet? If not, have look and a read and then let us know if you still have a problem.

Cheers,
Steve
 
Old 02-23-2006, 08:14 PM   #3
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rekaye1005

1)networking(dhcp)
ifconfig shows only lo

2)samba

3)apache

4)we have a CLI environment only
how do i install config a graphical env (X?)
1:
Code:
ifconfig eth0 up; dhcpcd eth0
2:
Code:
wget ftp://ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/samba-3.0.21b-i486-1.tgz; installpkg samba-3.0.21b-i486-1.tgz
3:
Code:
wget ftp://ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/apache-1.3.34-i486-2.tgz; installpkg apache-1.3.34-i486-2.tgz
 
Old 02-23-2006, 08:40 PM   #4
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making an old guy work huh.

but seriously ...
part of our lab instructions were to (I CANT BELIEVE THIS EITHER)
NOT INSTALL DOCUMENTATION.

so what do i do?

ie let me install 1) the documentation 2)graphical environment

rk
 
Old 02-23-2006, 09:47 PM   #5
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http://slackbook.org
 
Old 02-23-2006, 10:14 PM   #6
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Is this an actual class that you're taking? What do you mean by 'not installing documentation'?
 
Old 02-25-2006, 08:58 PM   #7
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thanks

ifconfig eth0 up didnt work, yet nic recognized when we swap in a
win xp drive. new dell, probably 1 gb nic.

no graphical environment installed.
is a text based browser doable? (lynx?)
all new to me.

thanks for your wgetS.

RON
 
  


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