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03-07-2006, 06:27 PM
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Registered: Sep 2005
Distribution: Debian
Posts: 304
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Newbie on slackware, coming from Debian. Donīt know how to install things
I have been using debian for 3 years. Today i downloaded Slackware and i want to try it. I have just installed it on my old pentium 166. I need to install 3 programs:
Mysql
Apache
Links2
How can i do it (there is no apt-get  )?
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03-07-2006, 06:36 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Dec 2005
Location: Somewhere on the String
Distribution: Debian Wheezy (x86)
Posts: 6,094
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Google turned up a lot of help... Try "slackware apache", "slackware mysql" and "slackware links2"
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03-07-2006, 06:42 PM
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Registered: Apr 2004
Location: new york
Distribution: win2k,ubuntu,sw13,arch,centos5.3
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Welcome to SW. Since you are familiar with apt, you should take a look at slapt-get and install it if it will suit your needs. SW web page has pkg search tool to find pkg of interest. You can mount cd1 and cd2 to look for particular pkg also. All the pkgs you want are readily available on install cds or from SW download web page. linuxpackages web page is also available. Be mindful that some pkgs from linuxpackages are built from installs with Freerock Gnome so you may have trouble with some of those working in SW10.2.
http://wwww.slackersbible.org/book or Linux Essentials Book2 by Alan Hicks etal( in documents section of linuxpackages web page) are useful for orienting yourself to SW. Have fun 
Last edited by lestoil; 03-07-2006 at 06:43 PM.
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03-07-2006, 07:06 PM
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Registered: Sep 2005
Distribution: Debian
Posts: 304
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Ok, thanks for the tips guys. I just realized that my network card isnīt configured. I tried netconfig but it said that the command doesnīt exist.
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03-07-2006, 07:32 PM
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Registered: Jul 2004
Distribution: Void Linux, former Slackware
Posts: 498
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netconfig is contained in tcpip package. It may be found along with other apps requested by you on 1st installation CD in subdirectory slackware/n ie. section 'n' as networking progs/tools.
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03-07-2006, 07:35 PM
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Registered: Sep 2005
Distribution: Debian
Posts: 304
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hmmm thanks, iīll try it.
Also, mysql crashes as soon as i start it. I have only 16mb of ram but a big swap. Could this be the problem?
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03-07-2006, 08:24 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Aug 2001
Posts: 4
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Quote:
Originally Posted by pljvaldez
Google turned up a lot of help... Try "slackware apache", "slackware mysql" and "slackware links2"
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Wow, I hope all your posts arent like that.
Anyway, have a look at linuxpackages.net and make sure you get slapt-get
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03-07-2006, 08:51 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Dec 2005
Location: Somewhere on the String
Distribution: Debian Wheezy (x86)
Posts: 6,094
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SatanicHare, not all my posts are like that. But an hour before this post he was dabbling in installing Debian on this particular machine.
Had a rough day at the office. You're right, I should have avoided answering this post with a "RTFM before posting questions that have been answered a hundred times"... Shame on me...  Won't happen again!
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03-07-2006, 10:37 PM
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Registered: Nov 2005
Location: Columbus, OH, USA
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 246
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Quote:
Originally Posted by stormrider_may
Also, mysql crashes as soon as i start it. I have only 16mb of ram but a big swap. Could this be the problem?
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There are some instructions in the /etc/rc.d/rc.mysqld file that should help you fix this. You probably want to create a /etc/my.cnf tailored for a low resource machine (there are some examples in /etc too).
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03-08-2006, 12:44 PM
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Registered: Sep 2003
Location: TX
Distribution: slackware
Posts: 301
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netconfig is in /sbin its probably installed but isnt in your path.
just do /sbin/netconfig
if you cant find a command you might want to try slocate.
to set it up: (database has to be updated when new files are added)
updatedb
to use it:
locate <command name, or file you are looking for>
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03-08-2006, 02:49 PM
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Registered: Sep 2005
Distribution: Debian
Posts: 304
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Ok, thanks for your help!
The mysql error was because of permissions.
And i didnīt have netconfig because i didnīt installed tcpip package.
Now everything is working. Iīm really impressed with slackware, itīs really stable and fast!
Iīm thinking of migrating my mail server to slackware, i really enjoyed it.
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