How to install all packages in the install CD slackware

vitalstrike82 · 12-12-2013, 11:24 PM

Hi all,

i have install slackware successfully.
I am currently installing software but if the software requires additional libraries, i need to look into the slackbuild, download and install libraries or packages before i can continue.

I google and found that the packages can be found in the cd. I want to install/update all the available packages from the CD into the current installed Slackware.

Any guidance what is the approach?

Thanks

TobiSGD · 12-13-2013, 12:39 AM

A full install of Slackware usually contains all packages from the DVD, only a few are missing, mostly language packages for KDE and a few applications from the /extra directory. Packages that are mentioned on the SlackBuilds.org website or in the .info-files as dependencies/required are never part of the official Slackware repository.
Having said that, some packages from /extra can be installed the usual way (using installpkg or slackpkg), while others (like JAVA, for example) have to be manually build by the user due to license restrictions.

gegechris99 · 12-13-2013, 03:51 AM

The following instructions from UPGRADE.TXT (file is available in the root directory of Slackware CD) should do the trick. Adjust the list of directories to install as necessary (ex: remove k if you don't want to compile your own kernel - that will save some space).

Quote:

3. Upgrade everything else (and install new packages):

upgradepkg --install-new /root/slackware/*/*.t?z

If you wish to upgrade everything except for the KDEI language
packs for KDE (these take a lot of space and can be dealt with
after the main upgrade more quickly and easily), running this
script in the "slackware" directory will do the trick:

#!/bin/sh
for dir in a ap d e f k kde l n t tcl x xap xfce y ; do
( cd $dir ; upgradepkg --install-new *.t?z )
done