[SOLVED] New files in existing slackpkg+ repositories

phi11ip · 03-07-2014, 05:31 AM

Just downloaded and installed Alienbob's latest kde 4.12.3 (64 bit) from slackware.org.uk but the kdeconnect-kde-0.5-x86_64-1alien.txz file was not downloaded. As this is a new addition to Alienbob's kde and I used slackpg+ to download and install I'm wondering if the "--install-new" option only works with the Slackware repository. Is this an issue with slackpg+ or is it something we have to be aware about? Another possibility of course is I'm doing something wrong :-)

55020 · 03-07-2014, 06:20 AM

It only works with the Slackware repository. From the slackpkg+ README file:

Quote:

Use the command
# slackpkg install-new
(if you use Slackware -current) to check for new packages. This command
searches for new packages ONLY in the official Slackware repository.

... so you are not doing something wrong. Presumably there's a very good reason for this, which hopefully someone else can explain?

lems · 03-07-2014, 07:29 AM

There was some discussion and code regarding install-new in this thread: slackpkg vs. third-party repositories. It's on the last pages (page 15 has some code by phenixia2003).

Alien Bob · 03-07-2014, 07:48 AM

From the slackpkg+ README:

Code:

KTOWN (LATEST KDE)

If you want to install the latest KDE packages from AlienBOB's ktown repository
(presently 4.11.1), add "PKGS_PRIORITY=( ktown:.* )" then launch:
# slackpkg update gpg
# slackpkg update
# slackpkg install ktown
# slackpkg upgrade-all
Do not forget to read the special instructions from
  http://taper.alienbase.nl/mirrors/alien-kde/current/latest/
because you may need to remove some Slackware KDE packages. At the time of
writing, these packages are:
# slackpkg remove kdeadmin kdenetwork kdesdk kdetoys

After that, you can keep the ktown KDE up-to-date by launching:
# slackpkg update
# slackpkg upgrade-all

To restore the Slackware KDE, remove 'ktown:.*' from PKGS_PRIORITY and from
REPOPLUS (but do not delete the related MIRRORPLUS line), then launch:
# slackpkg update
# slackpkg upgrade-all
# slackpkg install kde
# slackpkg remove ktown
then delete or comment the related MIRRORPLUS line and launch:
# slackpkg update

Eric

phenixia2003 · 03-07-2014, 08:39 AM

Hello,

Quote:

Originally Posted by 55020

It only works with the Slackware repository. From the slackpkg+ README file

... so you are not doing something wrong. Presumably there's a very good reason for this, which hopefully someone else can explain?

As stated by lems this has been discussed some time ago. However, I think it would not be a good idea to add 3rd party repositories support to install-new :

This breaks consistency with slackpkg, whose documentation explicitly states that "install-new" is dedicated to install new packages that are added to the official slackware set.
Identifying newly added packages into 3rd party repositories is tricky.
As stated in this post (starting from point 4) "slackpkg install <repository-name>" was implemented to provide users a way to easily install an entire repository (like multilib) , and a way to install missing and newly added packages.

Cheers.

--
SeB

phi11ip · 03-07-2014, 09:34 AM

Thanks to all for replying. The bit I was missing was

Quote:

slackpkg install ktown

I used

Quote:

slackpg install-new

Will mark this thread as solved. I had RTFM, honest!
Regards
Phil