Hi.
I just made another new Slackware 10.2 Install and this time my static IP works

Anyway I'm having a problem upgrading or Installing anything.
I downloaded Apache2.2, php5, mysql-5 and slap-get.
all packages are .tgz and they downloaded to default (desktop)

I login to root and I type "installpkg slap-get-0.9.11d-i386-1.tgz"
and I get a message saying that the package does not end In .tgz
Then I tried to type "apache2-2.0.55-i486-1jim.tgz"
and I get an error saying package not found
Same with the others.

Then I tried to extract them and that didn't work
then I tried to leave the .tgz out when I typed to upgrade and that didn't work.

The packages were downloaded from linuxpackages (thats the only place that I could find Slackware packages)

Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong ?
Thanks.

Hi,

And welcome to LQ!

And what's the name of the actual file on the command-line?


Cheers,
Tink

Links to several more Slackware package repositories can be found on the following page: http://slackworld.berlios.de/links.html

Eric

Thanks for your reply Tinkster
I'm new at this, If you mean the name of the file I downloaded, I'ts "apache2-2.0.55-i486-1jim.tgz"
and thats what I typed, The error message that comes back Is "./apache2-2.0.55-i486-1jim.tgz not found"

Right now I have apache 1.3 that came with Slackware and I'm trying to upgrade to apache 2

One other question If you don't mind.
Do I need to keep rebooting from KDE to get to the root prompt ?
or Is there some place In KDE that I can type these commands to Install or upgrade programs.
It sucks to type a command then startx to see if It's there and If not reboot again to get back to the root prompt and try again

EDITED: Thanks for the link Alien Bob
Maybe It could be the package Itself

I just tried upgrading mysql and It upgradeded with no problem, I made a mistake on the typing the first time, I put a 1 Instaed of an i.
But I can't get apache to upgrade

So you did cd into the directory where the files are?
Do an "ls -l" in the location where you try installpkg


Cheers,
Tink

If you run X via the "startx" command, then you just have to select "End Session" in KDE to return to the prompt. No need to reboot all the way back to that prompt!

Eric

Thanks Alien Bob
I just tried that and It makes It alot easier then booting all the time
Thanks again.

And I figured out how to Install apache.
I tried to uninstall apache 1.3 first then I Installed 2.2 and It worked.
I guess you can't upgrade (I couldn't anyway) you need to remove one to Install the other.

Thanks for your time guys/girls

EDITED: I also noticed (from another post) that If you type
" upgradepkg *.tgz " It will Install all your packages at a time (for those that don't know)
I typed It In and It installed apache, slap-get and php5 all at ounce

You can also Ctrl+Alt F1-F6 (one not currently in use)
and that will take you to a command prompt. Then Alt+F7 to return to X. Also, you can run a shell in X using Konsole.