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Hey all,
I've just freshly installed salix os based on slackware, and I'm new to slackware environment, as I'm coming from ubuntu.
When I try slapt-get :
Code:
leo@darkstar:~$ slapt-get
bash: slapt-get : command not found
Thanks for your answers !
And sorry for asking that stupid things...
I'm trying salix because I think it's easier to use for a newbie.
I'm using KDE
I think I've installed the ati driver, but I still can't activate the desktop effects.
How can I check if my graphic card is working?
root@Lstone529-PCA:~# slapt-get
-su: slapt-get: command not found
root@Lstone529-PCA:~# whereis slapt-get
slapt-get:
root@Lstone529-PCA:~#
I've been compiling applications ever since I installed Slackware64 14.2
I suppose I did not miss anything during installation?
The only thing I took out during installation was xfce.
Or is it that Slackware does not have the package manager handy?
Last edited by limpingstone; 04-01-2017 at 10:48 AM.
It's always better to open a new thread for another issue.
And slapt-get is not part of Slackware, that's why it is not installed.
Thanks! I thought this is a relevant topic, tho.
Is there a possible way to install slapt-get, or that Slackware users are just natural "application compilers"? LOL
Thanks! I thought this is a relevant topic, tho.
Is there a possible way to install slapt-get, or that Slackware users are just natural "application compilers"? LOL
You don't need to compile anything in Slackware, except for some third-party software. Slackware comes with slackpkg, which manages packages from the base system. These are already built and do not need to be recompiled. Here are a couple pages you should familiarize yourself with:
slapt-get is a Salix thing. The main difference is that it does dependency resolution, whereas slackpkg does not. But you don't need dependency resolution for the base Slackware system as long as you do a full install.
Is there a possible way to install slapt-get, or that Slackware users are just natural "application compilers"? LOL
You can get a slapt-get package from the main developer's (Jason Woodward) website: https://software.jaos.org, but as montagdude pointed out this will not compile anything for you. Maybe there is a confusion with slapt-src (available on the same place). There are many other competing tools.
Last edited by Didier Spaier; 04-01-2017 at 01:57 PM.
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