I keep my box updated with SlackPkg.
You can find this in the extra directory of you Slackware Disc or download it form slackpkg.sourceforge.net
Then
installpkg slackpkg-2.61-norach-2.tgz
Before running slackpkg make sure you edit the file
/etc/slackpkg/mirrors
and uncomment only one mirror.
WARNING: The mirrors file is not updated for Slackware 12. So, when you find a mirror that suits you, uncomment it and change 11.0 to 12.0 in the url
Then, save the file and run:
slackpkg update
This will synchronize the package list so that slackpkg will know which packages need to be updated.
To install new packages:
slackpkg install-new
To upgrade your existing packages:
slackpkg upgrade-all
Slackpkg is a tool for installing or upgrading packages through network.
You can find this in the extra directory of you Slackware Disc or download it form slackpkg.sourceforge.net
Then
installpkg slackpkg-2.61-norach-2.tgz
Before running slackpkg make sure you edit the file
/etc/slackpkg/mirrors
and uncomment only one mirror.
WARNING: The mirrors file is not updated for Slackware 12. So, when you find a mirror that suits you, uncomment it and change 11.0 to 12.0 in the url
Then, save the file and run:
slackpkg update
This will synchronize the package list so that slackpkg will know which packages need to be updated.
To install new packages:
slackpkg install-new
To upgrade your existing packages:
slackpkg upgrade-all
1 comment:
Thank you for the quick walk-through. I had neglected to copy the config file to my.cnf and was baffled, since I am a rare linux user, and had last setup slack around 9.0 or so.
This blog + google saved me a lot of time ;)
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