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Old 05-19-2015, 01:55 PM   #1
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Managing Slackware64 Multilib with compat32pkg

According to the tutorial on slackbook.org, Adding Multilib Capability to Slackware on x86_64 Architecture, it is possible to manage multilib updates with compat32pkg. I have already installed multilib following the quick and dirty instructions.

If I install the compat32pkg after the fact, will the compat32pkg tool find those packages automatically? I am trying to decide if I want to use compat32pkg or slackpkg+ to manage the compat32 updates.
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Old 05-19-2015, 02:53 PM   #2
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If you plan to use any of the other features of slackpkg+, like being able to search Eric's own (huge) repository of software, then I'd stick with slackpkg+ so you only have to use one program. In fact, just because it is also able to handle security updates of Slackware itself, it might be best to just use slackpkg+.

Also, compat32pkg has not had any releases since 2013. This doesn't mean it is dead (since Slackware hasn't had an official release since 2013 either), but most people I know use slackpkg+ to manage their updates of both Slackware and multilib (and any other repos that have been added).

There is a bit of a setup learning curve with slackpkg+, but once you have it set up, it is easy to use. I haven't used compat32pkg, but since it is only designed to do one thing (manage multilib), it is probably a relatively easy, straightforward program to use and set up.
 
Old 05-19-2015, 06:11 PM   #3
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Managing Slackware64 Multilib with compat32pkg
Thanks for the helpful insights. I will be using slackpkg+ for simplicity sake.
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Old 05-19-2015, 07:32 PM   #4
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What does it mean when the status of a package is shown as "upgrade" when queried with slackpkg? I ran a "slackpkg install multilib" and it downloaded and installed compat32 packages but it doesn't seem like gcc has been replaced.

What step have I missed to replace all of the gcc packages with gcc-multilib?

Here is a list of the gcc packages and their statuses:

Code:
The list below shows all packages with name matching "gcc".

[ Status           ] [ Repository               ] [ Package                                  ]
   installed                                        gcc-4.8.2-x86_64-1                        
   installed                                        gcc-g++-4.8.2-x86_64-1                    
   installed                                        gcc-gfortran-4.8.2-x86_64-1               
   installed                                        gcc-gnat-4.8.2-x86_64-1                   
   installed                                        gcc-go-4.8.2-x86_64-1                     
   installed                                        gcc-java-4.8.2-x86_64-1                   
   installed                                        gcc-objc-4.8.2-x86_64-1                   
   installed                                        gccmakedep-1.0.2-noarch-2                 
  upgrade              multilib                     gcc-4.8.2-x86_64-1 --> gcc-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien  
  upgrade              multilib                     gcc-g++-4.8.2-x86_64-1 --> gcc-g++-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien  
  upgrade              multilib                     gcc-gfortran-4.8.2-x86_64-1 --> gcc-gfortran-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien  
  upgrade              multilib                     gcc-gnat-4.8.2-x86_64-1 --> gcc-gnat-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien  
  upgrade              multilib                     gcc-go-4.8.2-x86_64-1 --> gcc-go-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien  
  upgrade              multilib                     gcc-java-4.8.2-x86_64-1 --> gcc-java-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien  
  upgrade              multilib                     gcc-objc-4.8.2-x86_64-1 --> gcc-objc-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien

Here is a list of the multilib packages and their statuses:
Code:
The list below shows all packages with name matching "multilib".

[ Status           ] [ Repository               ] [ Package                                  ]
   installed           multilib                     compat32-tools-3.4-noarch-2alien          
  uninstalled          multilib                     glibc-debug-2.17_multilib-x86_64-10alien  
  upgrade              multilib                     gcc-4.8.2-x86_64-1 --> gcc-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien  
  upgrade              multilib                     gcc-g++-4.8.2-x86_64-1 --> gcc-g++-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien  
  upgrade              multilib                     gcc-gfortran-4.8.2-x86_64-1 --> gcc-gfortran-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien  
  upgrade              multilib                     gcc-gnat-4.8.2-x86_64-1 --> gcc-gnat-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien  
  upgrade              multilib                     gcc-go-4.8.2-x86_64-1 --> gcc-go-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien  
  upgrade              multilib                     gcc-java-4.8.2-x86_64-1 --> gcc-java-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien  
  upgrade              multilib                     gcc-objc-4.8.2-x86_64-1 --> gcc-objc-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien  
  upgrade              multilib                     glibc-2.17-x86_64-10_slack14.1 --> glibc-2.17_multilib-x86_64-10alien  
  upgrade              multilib                     glibc-i18n-2.17-x86_64-10_slack14.1 --> glibc-i18n-2.17_multilib-x86_64-10alien  
  upgrade              multilib                     glibc-profile-2.17-x86_64-10_slack14.1 --> glibc-profile-2.17_multilib-x86_64-10alien  
  upgrade              multilib                     glibc-solibs-2.17-x86_64-10_slack14.1 --> glibc-solibs-2.17_multilib-x86_64-10alien  
  upgrade              multilib                     glibc-zoneinfo-2014j-noarch-1 --> glibc-zoneinfo-2015c_multilib-noarch-1alien  
   installed           multilib                     attr-compat32-2.4.46-x86_64-1compat32     
   installed           multilib                     bzip2-compat32-1.0.6-x86_64-1compat32     
   installed           multilib                     cups-compat32-1.5.4-x86_64-3compat32      
   installed           multilib                     cxxlibs-compat32-6.0.18-x86_64-1compat32  
   installed           multilib                     dbus-compat32-1.6.12-x86_64-1compat32     
   installed           multilib                     e2fsprogs-compat32-1.42.8-x86_64-2compat32  
   installed           multilib                     openssl-solibs-compat32-1.0.1m-x86_64-1_slack14.1compat32  
   installed           multilib                     udev-compat32-182-x86_64-7compat32        
   installed           multilib                     util-linux-compat32-2.21.2-x86_64-6compat32  
   installed           multilib                     flac-compat32-1.2.1-x86_64-3compat32      
   installed           multilib                     mariadb-compat32-5.5.43-x86_64-1_slack14.1compat32  
   installed           multilib                     mpg123-compat32-1.15.4-x86_64-1compat32   
   installed           multilib                     sqlite-compat32-3.7.17-x86_64-1compat32   
   installed           multilib                     libtool-compat32-2.4.2-x86_64-2compat32   
   installed           multilib                     llvm-compat32-3.3-x86_64-3_slack14.1compat32  
   installed           multilib                     alsa-lib-compat32-1.0.27.2-x86_64-1compat32  
   installed           multilib                     alsa-oss-compat32-1.0.25-x86_64-1compat32  
   installed           multilib                     atk-compat32-2.8.0-x86_64-1compat32       
   installed           multilib                     audiofile-compat32-0.3.6-x86_64-1compat32  
   installed           multilib                     cairo-compat32-1.12.16-x86_64-1_slack14.1compat32  
   installed           multilib                     dbus-glib-compat32-0.100.2-x86_64-1compat32  
   installed           multilib                     esound-compat32-0.2.41-x86_64-2compat32   
   installed           multilib                     expat-compat32-2.1.0-x86_64-1compat32     
   installed           multilib                     freetype-compat32-2.5.5-x86_64-1_slack14.1compat32  
   installed           multilib                     fribidi-compat32-0.19.2-x86_64-3compat32  
   installed           multilib                     gamin-compat32-0.1.10-x86_64-5compat32    
   installed           multilib                     gdk-pixbuf2-compat32-2.28.2-x86_64-1compat32  
   installed           multilib                     giflib-compat32-4.1.6-x86_64-1compat32    
   installed           multilib                     glib2-compat32-2.36.4-x86_64-1compat32    
   installed           multilib                     gmp-compat32-5.1.3-x86_64-1compat32       
   installed           multilib                     gnome-keyring-compat32-3.8.2-x86_64-1compat32  
   installed           multilib                     gst-plugins-base-compat32-0.10.36-x86_64-2compat32  
   installed           multilib                     gst-plugins-good-compat32-0.10.31-x86_64-5compat32  
   installed           multilib                     gstreamer-compat32-0.10.36-x86_64-2compat32  
   installed           multilib                     gtk+2-compat32-2.24.20-x86_64-1compat32   
   installed           multilib                     harfbuzz-compat32-0.9.16-x86_64-1compat32  
   installed           multilib                     icu4c-compat32-51.2-x86_64-1compat32      
   installed           multilib                     jasper-compat32-1.900.1-x86_64-3compat32  
   installed           multilib                     lcms-compat32-1.19-x86_64-2compat32       
   installed           multilib                     lcms2-compat32-2.4-x86_64-1compat32       
   installed           multilib                     libart_lgpl-compat32-2.3.21-x86_64-1compat32  
   installed           multilib                     libelf-compat32-0.8.13-x86_64-2compat32   
   installed           multilib                     libexif-compat32-0.6.21-x86_64-1compat32  
   installed           multilib                     libffi-compat32-3.0.13-x86_64-2compat32   
   installed           multilib                     libglade-compat32-2.6.4-x86_64-4compat32  
   installed           multilib                     libgphoto2-compat32-2.5.2-x86_64-1compat32  
   installed           multilib                     libidn-compat32-1.25-x86_64-2compat32     
   installed           multilib                     libieee1284-compat32-0.2.11-x86_64-3compat32  
   installed           multilib                     libjpeg-compat32-v8a-x86_64-2_slack14.1compat32  
   installed           multilib                     libmng-compat32-1.0.10-x86_64-2compat32   
   installed           multilib                     libmpc-compat32-0.8.2-x86_64-2compat32    
   installed           multilib                     libnl3-compat32-3.2.21-x86_64-1compat32   
   installed           multilib                     libogg-compat32-1.3.0-x86_64-1compat32    
   installed           multilib                     libpcap-compat32-1.4.0-x86_64-1compat32   
   installed           multilib                     libpng-compat32-1.4.12-x86_64-1compat32   
   installed           multilib                     libsamplerate-compat32-0.1.8-x86_64-1compat32  
   installed           multilib                     libsndfile-compat32-1.0.25-x86_64-1compat32  
   installed           multilib                     libtasn1-compat32-3.6-x86_64-1_slack14.1compat32  
   installed           multilib                     libtermcap-compat32-1.2.3-x86_64-7compat32  
   installed           multilib                     libtiff-compat32-3.9.7-x86_64-1compat32   
   installed           multilib                     libusb-compat32-1.0.9-x86_64-1compat32    
   installed           multilib                     libvorbis-compat32-1.3.3-x86_64-1compat32  
   installed           multilib                     libxml2-compat32-2.9.1-x86_64-1compat32   
   installed           multilib                     libxslt-compat32-1.1.28-x86_64-1compat32  
   installed           multilib                     ncurses-compat32-5.9-x86_64-2compat32     
   installed           multilib                     pango-compat32-1.34.1-x86_64-1compat32    
   installed           multilib                     popt-compat32-1.16-x86_64-2compat32       
   installed           multilib                     qt-compat32-4.8.6-x86_64-2_slack14.1compat32  
   installed           multilib                     readline-compat32-5.2-x86_64-4compat32    
   installed           multilib                     sdl-compat32-1.2.15-x86_64-1compat32      
   installed           multilib                     seamonkey-solibs-compat32-2.33.1-x86_64-1_slack14.1compat32  
   installed           multilib                     startup-notification-compat32-0.12-x86_64-2compat32  
   installed           multilib                     svgalib-compat32-1.9.25-x86_64-2compat32  
   installed           multilib                     v4l-utils-compat32-0.9.5-x86_64-1compat32  
   installed           multilib                     zlib-compat32-1.2.8-x86_64-1compat32      
   installed           multilib                     curl-compat32-7.36.0-x86_64-1_slack14.1compat32  
   installed           multilib                     cyrus-sasl-compat32-2.1.23-x86_64-5compat32  
   installed           multilib                     gnutls-compat32-3.1.25-x86_64-1_slack14.1compat32  
   installed           multilib                     libgcrypt-compat32-1.5.3-x86_64-1compat32  
   installed           multilib                     libgpg-error-compat32-1.11-x86_64-1compat32  
   installed           multilib                     nettle-compat32-2.7.1-x86_64-1compat32    
   installed           multilib                     openldap-client-compat32-2.4.31-x86_64-2compat32  
   installed           multilib                     openssl-compat32-1.0.1m-x86_64-1_slack14.1compat32  
   installed           multilib                     p11-kit-compat32-0.16.4-x86_64-1compat32  
   installed           multilib                     fontconfig-compat32-2.10.93-x86_64-1compat32  
   installed           multilib                     freeglut-compat32-2.8.0-x86_64-1compat32  
   installed           multilib                     glew-compat32-1.9.0-x86_64-1compat32      
   installed           multilib                     glu-compat32-9.0.0-x86_64-1compat32       
   installed           multilib                     libFS-compat32-1.0.5-x86_64-1compat32     
   installed           multilib                     libICE-compat32-1.0.8-x86_64-1compat32    
   installed           multilib                     libSM-compat32-1.2.2-x86_64-1compat32     
   installed           multilib                     libX11-compat32-1.6.2-x86_64-1compat32    
   installed           multilib                     libXScrnSaver-compat32-1.2.2-x86_64-1compat32  
   installed           multilib                     libXau-compat32-1.0.8-x86_64-1compat32    
   installed           multilib                     libXaw-compat32-1.0.12-x86_64-1compat32   
   installed           multilib                     libXcomposite-compat32-0.4.4-x86_64-1compat32  
   installed           multilib                     libXcursor-compat32-1.1.14-x86_64-1compat32  
   installed           multilib                     libXdamage-compat32-1.1.4-x86_64-1compat32  
   installed           multilib                     libXdmcp-compat32-1.1.1-x86_64-1compat32  
   installed           multilib                     libXevie-compat32-1.0.3-x86_64-1compat32  
   installed           multilib                     libXext-compat32-1.3.2-x86_64-1compat32   
   installed           multilib                     libXfixes-compat32-5.0.1-x86_64-1compat32  
   installed           multilib                     libXfont-compat32-1.4.7-x86_64-1_slack14.1compat32  
   installed           multilib                     libXfontcache-compat32-1.0.5-x86_64-1compat32  
   installed           multilib                     libXft-compat32-2.3.1-x86_64-1compat32    
   installed           multilib                     libXi-compat32-1.7.2-x86_64-1compat32     
   installed           multilib                     libXinerama-compat32-1.1.3-x86_64-1compat32  
   installed           multilib                     libXmu-compat32-1.1.2-x86_64-1compat32    
   installed           multilib                     libXp-compat32-1.0.2-x86_64-1compat32     
   installed           multilib                     libXpm-compat32-3.5.11-x86_64-1compat32   
   installed           multilib                     libXrandr-compat32-1.4.2-x86_64-1compat32  
   installed           multilib                     libXrender-compat32-0.9.8-x86_64-1compat32  
   installed           multilib                     libXres-compat32-1.0.7-x86_64-1compat32   
   installed           multilib                     libXt-compat32-1.1.4-x86_64-1compat32     
   installed           multilib                     libXtst-compat32-1.2.2-x86_64-1compat32   
   installed           multilib                     libXv-compat32-1.0.10-x86_64-1compat32    
   installed           multilib                     libXvMC-compat32-1.0.8-x86_64-1compat32   
   installed           multilib                     libXxf86dga-compat32-1.1.4-x86_64-1compat32  
   installed           multilib                     libXxf86misc-compat32-1.0.3-x86_64-1compat32  
   installed           multilib                     libXxf86vm-compat32-1.1.3-x86_64-1compat32  
   installed           multilib                     libdmx-compat32-1.1.3-x86_64-1compat32    
   installed           multilib                     libdrm-compat32-2.4.46-x86_64-1compat32   
   installed           multilib                     libfontenc-compat32-1.1.2-x86_64-1compat32  
   installed           multilib                     libpciaccess-compat32-0.13.2-x86_64-1compat32  
   installed           multilib                     libxcb-compat32-1.9.1-x86_64-1compat32    
   installed           multilib                     mesa-compat32-9.1.7-x86_64-1compat32      
   installed           multilib                     pixman-compat32-0.30.2-x86_64-1compat32   
   installed           multilib                     xcb-util-compat32-0.3.9-x86_64-1compat32  
   installed           multilib                     sane-compat32-1.0.24-x86_64-1compat32     
   installed           multilib                     xsane-compat32-0.998-x86_64-3compat32
 
Old 05-19-2015, 07:37 PM   #5
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The upgrade is showing the stock gcc packages getting upgraded to their multilib counterparts. Last time I installed multilib with slackpkg+ the process I used was:

Code:
slackpkg upgrade-all
slackpkg install multilib
 
Old 05-19-2015, 08:00 PM   #6
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Quote:
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The upgrade is showing the stock gcc packages getting upgraded to their multilib counterparts. Last time I installed multilib with slackpkg+ the process I used was:

Code:
slackpkg upgrade-all
slackpkg install multilib
I think the problem is I set it up by running the following script:

Code:
/usr/doc/slackpkg+-1.4.0/setupmultilib.sh
Which doesn't edit slackpkgplus.conf so that the following variables are uncommented and read like so:

Code:
# Uncomment
PKGS_PRIORITY=( multilib )
...
# Add "multilib to the beginning
REPOPLUS=( multilib slackpkgplus restricted alienbob slacky )
...
# Uncomment
MIRRORPLUS['multilib']=http://taper.alienbase.nl/mirrors/people/alien/multilib/14.1/
I then ran:

Code:
slackpkg update gpg
slackpkg update
slackpkg upgrade-all
slackpkg install multilib
I now have a slackpkg+ maintained multilib system. Thanks for the hint.
 
  


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