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11-26-2014, 04:36 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2009
Posts: 22
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HELP: how to use Slackware with VirtualBox
I am still quite a newbie to linux and been using user-friendly distros like Debian/Fedora/Ubuntu.
Just started to experiment with Slackware.
I downloaded the pre-made VirtualBox image (which is a minimum-bare install). This just gives me text-mode.
How can I install a nice GUI? I tried using slapt-get -u
but I get Failed to download: couldn't resolve host name, etc.
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11-26-2014, 04:49 AM
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LQ Addict
Registered: Nov 2008
Location: Paris, France
Distribution: Slint64-15.0
Posts: 11,155
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To check what's actually included in the image you downloaded, please provide a link, so we can check what you are missing.
However, it would be better to install Slackware yourself in a VirtualBox VM from a DVD image, this way you'll have get a complete Slackware "out of the box".
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11-26-2014, 05:35 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2009
Posts: 22
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http://virtualboxes.org/images/slackware/
Yeah, I could try installing Slackware out of the box.. but the setting up partitions.. then configuring keyboard/display/network... wow... that's overkill...
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11-26-2014, 05:44 AM
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LQ Addict
Registered: Nov 2008
Location: Paris, France
Distribution: Slint64-15.0
Posts: 11,155
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Installing Slackware is not a daunting task, see this.
And Slackware 12.0 is a very old versions, now unsupported. Recent ones are easier to set up.
You'll always find people eager to help newbies in this forum. We all have been newbies, not that long ago  |
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11-26-2014, 06:55 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Apr 2009
Location: McKinney, Texas
Distribution: Slackware64 15.0
Posts: 3,858
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Originally Posted by andwan0
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If you are balking at that, I'm not sure why you want to try it in the first place. |
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11-26-2014, 09:37 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Sep 2009
Location: Leinster, IE
Distribution: Slackware, NetBSD
Posts: 2,225
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Originally Posted by andwan0
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Probably best to stay with Ubuntu then. |
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11-26-2014, 11:10 AM
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Member
Registered: Dec 2013
Location: NJ / USA
Distribution: Slackware 64 -Current
Posts: 232
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Slackware worked right out of the box for me. Setting up partitions was an easy task. Last time I used one of those "easy " distros it wiped out mydrive without any warning.
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11-26-2014, 11:14 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2009
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Quote:
Originally Posted by linuxtinker
Slackware worked right out of the box for me. Setting up partitions was an easy task. Last time I used one of those "easy " distros it wiped out mydrive without any warning.
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must've been openSUSE |
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11-26-2014, 03:09 PM
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Member
Registered: Dec 2007
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan USA
Distribution: Slackware/Bodhi/Manjaro
Posts: 149
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Quote:
Originally Posted by andwan0
I am still quite a newbie to linux and been using user-friendly distros like Debian/Fedora/Ubuntu.
Just started to experiment with Slackware.
I downloaded the pre-made VirtualBox image (which is a minimum-bare install). This just gives me text-mode.
How can I install a nice GUI? I tried using slapt-get -u
but I get Failed to download: couldn't resolve host name, etc.
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To be honest I think it would have been easier to just download an ISO and create your VM that way. I use VirtualBox to test builds before I use them on my machines. Easy as pie and lots more fun. |
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11-26-2014, 03:10 PM
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Member
Registered: Dec 2007
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan USA
Distribution: Slackware/Bodhi/Manjaro
Posts: 149
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Quote:
Originally Posted by andwan0
... wow... that's overkill...
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... but you would at least get more of a feel to the power of this distro. Sometimes the easy way is not the best way. |
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11-29-2014, 01:31 PM
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Member
Registered: Feb 2010
Location: Canada
Distribution: Slackware64-current
Posts: 354
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Quote:
Originally Posted by andwan0
...Yeah, I could try installing Slackware out of the box.. but the setting up partitions.. then configuring keyboard/display/network... wow... that's overkill...
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Actually installing Slackware in VirtualBox is very easy, almost trivial, took about 12-13 minutes on my desktop and worked out of the box. |
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