/bin/hostname is missing in recent upgrade

asarangan · 01-01-2018, 10:52 PM

The Dec 21 2017 upgrade of util-linux-2.31.1-arm-1.txz seems to be missing the /bin/hostname utility. Why did it disappear? As a result, my login prompt is showing "none" for the hostname.

TheEzekielProject · 01-01-2018, 11:11 PM

Hard to say why it disappeared. You should just be able to reinstall from your distro repositories

Code:

apt-get install hostname

for instance. Obviously, use the package manager for your system

Penthux · 01-02-2018, 02:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by asarangan

The Dec 21 2017 upgrade of util-linux-2.31.1-arm-1.txz seems to be missing the /bin/hostname utility. Why did it disappear? As a result, my login prompt is showing "none" for the hostname.

Try this to see if it gives any output about your hostname:

Code:

root@vuur:~# uname -n
vuur

root@vuur:~# hostname
vuur

You could run 'netconfig' to use the Slackware setup wizard to try and resolve the issue:

Code:

root@vuur:~# netconfig

There's always the manual method:

Code:

root@vuur:~# hostname vesp
root@vuur:~# nano -w /etc/HOSTNAME

vesp.yourdomain.lan

root@vuur:~# nano -w /etc/hosts

# For loopbacking.
127.0.0.1               localhost
127.0.0.1               vesp.yourdomain.lan vesp

# End of hosts.

root@vuur:~# reboot

It should now be fixed. Try 'uname -n' command after rebooting.

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheEzekielProject

Hard to say why it disappeared. You should just be able to reinstall from your distro repositories

Code:

apt-get install hostname

for instance. Obviously, use the package manager for your system

Code:

root@vesp:~# apt-get install hostname
-bash: apt-get: command not found

I personally wouldn't try (or advise) to fix this problem by installing any packages. Especially with 'apt-get'.

TheEzekielProject · 01-02-2018, 02:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Penthux

Code:

root@vesp:~# apt-get install hostname
-bash: apt-get: command not found

I personally wouldn't try (or advise) to fix this problem by installing any packages. Especially with 'apt-get'.

If he is missing the binary in /bin, and apt-get is his package manager, that is certainly an appropriate course of action.

What issue do you have with apt-get? hostname is, in fact, a package

Code:

apt-cache search hostname
hostname - utility to set/show the host name or domain name

Penthux · 01-02-2018, 02:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheEzekielProject

If he is missing the binary in /bin, and apt-get is his package manager, that is certainly an appropriate course of action.

What issue do you have with apt-get? hostname is, in fact, a package

Code:

apt-cache search hostname
hostname - utility to set/show the host name or domain name

Code:

root@vuur:~# slackpkg search hostname

Looking for hostname in package list. Please wait... DONE

No package name matches the pattern.

My issue is that this is Slackware. Not Debian/Ubuntu? Your advice may be good for the latter, but on Slackware there is no advanced package tool (apt) command/function.

Code:

root@vesp:~# apt-get install hostname
-bash: apt-get: command not found

root@vuur:~# apt-cache search hostname
-bash: apt-cache: command not found

Why would you even want it on Slackware? Apt goes against the Slackware Way and takes control away from the Admin (i.e. me and you) with regards to package management.

Slackware uses 'pkgtool' (installpkg, removepkg, etc.) or 'slackpkg'. There is no 'apt-get' or 'apt-whatever' on my Slackware ARM system.

TheEzekielProject · 01-02-2018, 02:44 AM

Which is why I said in that very same post

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheEzekielProject

Obviously, use the package manager for your system

Also, you may not have it on your ARM system, but it is in current
https://packages.slackware.com/?r=sl....18-i586-1.txz

rworkman · 01-02-2018, 03:02 AM

I'm guessing that OP forgot to do "slackpkg install-new" before "slackpkg upgrade-all" -- hostname was split out into a separate package somewhat recently.

drmozes · 01-02-2018, 03:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by asarangan

The Dec 21 2017 upgrade of util-linux-2.31.1-arm-1.txz seems to be missing the /bin/hostname utility. Why did it disappear? As a result, my login prompt is showing "none" for the hostname.

The package was split out -- the information is in the Change Log - search for "hostname".

Penthux · 01-02-2018, 03:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheEzekielProject

Which is why I said in that very same post

Also, you may not have it on your ARM system, but it is in current
https://packages.slackware.com/?r=sl....18-i586-1.txz

Well, we deal with Slackware ARM in this forum. So, unless the OP has posted in the wrong section then he'll need the ARM version of the package you're referring to: ftp://ftp.arm.slackware.com/slackwar...3.18-arm-1.txz.

Furthermore, as you correctly stated, this package only exists in Slackware ARM -current. So, if the OP is running Slackware ARM 14.2 (as I did previously) he will not be able to install, or find, this package for his system. Slackware ARM 14.2 is the soft float port and -current is the hard float port.

Apologies for being a stickler but I love to see accurate and helpful advice. The whole 'apt-get' thing is not relevant to Slackware and with a little more time and effort a lot more concise information could have been relayed. We got there in the end.

TheEzekielProject · 01-02-2018, 03:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Penthux

Apologies for being a stickler but I love to see accurate and helpful advice. The whole 'apt-get' thing is not relevant to Slackware and with a little more time and effort a lot more concise information could have been relayed. We got there in the end.

Yes, I missed that this was the Slackware ARM forum, I was just searching in the 'View New Posts' section, and saw no mention of the distro in the OP or OP's bio. Which is why I made sure to clarify that the OP should use his distro's package manager. Sorry for confusing you.

I thought I had relayed the information well enough to the OP that he could figure it out.

Regardless, the fact stands that in current, hostname is a package.

It may not be in 14.2, but OP has not stated what he is running. Or I missed it

asarangan · 01-02-2018, 08:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rworkman

I'm guessing that OP forgot to do "slackpkg install-new" before "slackpkg upgrade-all" -- hostname was split out into a separate package somewhat recently.

This is exactly what happened. Thank you for your reply. I didn't realize I had to run install-new, but that brings me to the question how to use it correctly. My system is minimal, and does not include the 'kde', 'xap' and a few other series. When I run install-new, it brings up every package in all the series, and I am not sure how to sort through that huge list to find out which packages to select. In this particular case it is obvious, because I know I am missing "hostname". But if I didn't know that, is there a way to bring up only the new packages that were not in the original installation of my system?

Penthux · 01-02-2018, 09:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by asarangan

is there a way to bring up only the new packages that were not in the original installation of my system?

Code:

root@tvar:~# slackpkg install slackware

The above command will give you a list of all uninstalled Slackware packages on your system. From here you can select to install them.

Code:

root@tvar:~# man slackpkg

The above command will hopefully lead you to what you need to know.

BW-userx · 01-02-2018, 10:28 AM

Code:

Fri Dec 29 08:08:08 UTC 2017
a/kernel-modules-armv7-4.14.9_armv7-arm-1.txz: Upgraded.

#located in dir 'a'

a/hostname-3.18-arm-1.txz: Added.
       This is the latest version of the hostname utility, broken out into a new
       package to get rid of duplication between util-linux and net-tools.

http://www.slackware.com/changelog/current.php?cpu=arm

change log

abga · 01-02-2018, 12:09 PM

@asarangan

https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...nt-4175618768/

(it's still on the first page of the Slackware ARM Forum)

asarangan · 01-02-2018, 12:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Penthux

Code:

root@tvar:~# slackpkg install slackware

The above command will give you a list of all uninstalled Slackware packages on your system. From here you can select to install them.

Code:

root@tvar:~# man slackpkg

The above command will hopefully lead you to what you need to know.

Great, thank you. There is no way I would have figured out from the man page that "slackpkg install slackware" would bring up only the uninstalled packages. But when I do that, I get several hundred items to scroll through (because mine is a minimal system), and all of them are selected by default with the "*". I don't mean to sound lazy, but how do I deselect them all without having to deselect them one by one?