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07-08-2004, 04:56 PM
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Registered: Jun 2004
Location: Eden, NC
Distribution: Various
Posts: 267
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updateing
How do u update Slackware I know Mandrake used rpmdrake or somthing like and SUSE used YaST2.
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07-08-2004, 05:00 PM
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Member
Registered: Jul 2004
Location: Harrison Township MI
Distribution: fluxbox-0.9.13 on Slackware 10.2 2.6.15.1 kernel
Posts: 48
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you can use swaret or slapt-get. most use swaret.
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07-08-2004, 05:04 PM
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Registered: Jun 2004
Location: Eden, NC
Distribution: Various
Posts: 267
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I don't see either one where are they at?
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07-08-2004, 05:06 PM
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Member
Registered: Jul 2004
Location: Harrison Township MI
Distribution: fluxbox-0.9.13 on Slackware 10.2 2.6.15.1 kernel
Posts: 48
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if you cant find them as root, you probly have to go download them, i would check
www.freshmeat.net
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07-09-2004, 02:46 AM
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Registered: Jun 2003
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Distribution: Slack -- current
Posts: 354
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for swaret go to www.swaret.org, I don't know anything about slapt-get. I use swaret without any problems. |
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07-09-2004, 04:18 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jun 2004
Location: Argentina (SR, LP)
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 3,145
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They both came in the /extra dir of one of slackware cds
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07-09-2004, 04:43 AM
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Member
Registered: Mar 2004
Location: Finland
Distribution: Gentoo
Posts: 235
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If you donīt run current, itīs very easy to keep up to date with security stuff even without swaret/slapt-get. Just download everything from your mirrors patches directory and install them with upgradepkg packetname.tgz
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07-09-2004, 04:55 AM
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Member
Registered: Jun 2003
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Distribution: Slack -- current
Posts: 354
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Quote:
Originally posted by gbonvehi
They both came in the /extra dir of one of slackware cds
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swaret has not been included with Slack10. |
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