Slackware :: How Did Users Install New Packages And Their Libraries
May 28, 2011
I'm reading the 3rd official handbook in beta version and I learn that the automated tool "slackpkg" exists only since Slackware 12.1.Before that, how did users install new packages and their libraries ? Did they search each package with their web browsers and then install manually? For me, it seems tedious because I usually work with distributions like Fedora, Debian which use an online package management.Is there another way to download it from console and without web browser?
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Aug 12, 2010
I noticed that the official Slackware packages don't contain static libraries. The SlackBuild scripts from slackbuilds.org or from Slackware DVD usually contain --disable-static option to prevent building the .a file. And if configure script doesn't allow such option, the .a file is deleted before the package is created.I am wondering what is the reason for that? Is it just the matter of conserving disk space? Are there also other reasons?
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Jul 16, 2011
what system variables should I set to what and what options do I pass to ./configure so it builds and install libraries in */lib64 come on a 64bit system should be native 64bit not guest 64bit the guest should be 32bit as in /lib32 for multilib
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May 15, 2010
i wanted to know whether the gcc,g++ libraries are pre-installed i slackware 12.1 or not. if not then from where can i download them .how do i install them? how do i install the java jdk package also?
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Dec 5, 2010
I just did a fresh install of Slackware 13.0 on a Toshiba laptop, and the ONLY thing I did on it after creating a user and switching to init 4 was to run upgrades. After doing so several applications failed to launch, so I rebooted the machine. I get the following error followed by a login prompt:
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/bin/sh: error while loading shared libraries: libtermcap.so.2: cannot open shaed object file: no such file or directory And nobody can log in, including root. I've got another laptop running 13.0 with all the latest upgrades and it runs fine.
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Jan 24, 2011
Is it possible to install Rawhide packages in F14 for normal users ? I see that Rawhide have F15 (as in Fedora 15) so it doesn't install. How can you bypass this? And what repo to use if you want to install rawhide?
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Sep 7, 2009
i wanna install packages for my RHLE how can i do that ,i tried in the add/remove software menu ,but i didn't work
i tried rpm tools but the problem is how can i specify what i want from the cd like cmake library for example.
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Oct 19, 2009
Now i have 64 bit computer i installed Slackware 23 64 bit on it. i followed Alien Bob's multi lib how to and installed needed libraries one by one. everything is fine expect wine configure script can not find some libraries needed: libgsm, libmpg123, libopenal, libxcomposite.
I have already installed 32 bit compatibility packages and used /etc/profile.d/32bit.sh as recommended in Alien Bob's howto. configure -- does not really list anything for pointing for libraries.
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Feb 11, 2011
this one might be simple BUT, where tha heck, I can download some non official software for slackware,I can use installpkg, pkgtool or even gslapt, but WHERE can I download packages or even better set as source for slapt-get.For example two applications: blender 2.49bor due to suckage of craps like mplayer that is installed by default with slackware VLC media player
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Jan 4, 2010
I installed the minimal-command line system from the kubuntu CD on my laptop, which is guess is roughly around 200mb after installation. I wish to install a Desktop Environment preferably KDE and I wanted to know how and where do I begin from? Do I need to have a working XORG prior to installation of KDE and do I also need to install Window mangers and e.t.c? What all packages/libraries and components do I need to install first? I'm really not sure where should I begin from.
Initially what I am trying to do is to have working GUI system,then later on I can install rest of the packages and software that I need, like office, GPU drivers, browser etc. Secondly,for a minimal KDE system,what metapackages are to be installed from this site? I believe kdebase, kdebase-runtime, kdebase-workspace are required. [URL]
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Oct 15, 2010
I've got an Aspire one Linpus Linux Lite and I have a problem installing Skype. When I tried to run Skype after downloading I got the following:
skype: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6: version 'GLIBCXX_3.4.9' not found (Required by Skype)
In the terminal window I typed the following: rpm -q glibc And got glibc-2.9-2 How do I install the required packages/libraries?
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Dec 6, 2010
Does anyone know how to enable realtime scheduling for users without having to install PAM?
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Apr 8, 2011
How does one install packages from testing using slackpkg or is that possible?
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Aug 10, 2010
seemed to have buggered up installing netbeans on my slackware 13.0 machine. I got the source (the zip file), which i copied into the extracted slackbuild, then did a
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./netbeans.SlackBuild
It all seemed to work fine, at the end it told me my package could be found in /tmp. So i went there and did a
Code: root@slackLap:/tmp# slackpkg install netbeans-6.8-i586-1_SBo.tgz
Looking for netbeans-6.8-i586-1_SBo.tgz in package list. Please wait... DONE
No packages match the pattern for install. Try: /usr/sbin/slackpkg reinstall|upgrade
ps i'm running 32bit slackware 13.0
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May 14, 2010
What are the minimum packages required to install kde or gnome?For kde is it ok?
1.kdebase-runtime
2.kdebase-workspace
3.kdelibs
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Mar 23, 2011
I have a brand new Slackware 13.1 x64 installation, and I'm having problems with slapt-get.
I'm unable to upgrade existing packages or install new ones. The output in terminal is:
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bash-4.1# slapt-get -i tar
Reading Package Lists... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
tar
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Worth mentioning also, I managed to install Gnome from [URL] without any problems immediately prior to this error message starting to appear.
I've been using Debian and Ubuntu derivatives for the last couple of years, so I'm comfortable using the terminal and possibly doing some more advanced stuff.
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Jan 19, 2011
If this is correct, how do you know if there updates available?
Do you need to down load and install the individual updated packages?
Sorry for this but I think that I am confused, or worse, not.
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Jul 19, 2010
I'm getting ready to install Slackware64_13.1 (finally), and I may then install Eric's multilib packages. The slackbuild for Wine at Slackbuilds.org states:
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has anyone built WINE with the 32-bit compatibility packages? Does it work?
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Dec 23, 2010
I'm trying to compile gwenhywfar-2.6.2 on Slackware64 13.1. That's the error I get:
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checking if profiling is to be supported... no
checking if OpenSSL should be used... yes
checking for openssl includes... -I/usr/include
checking for openssl libs...
checking whether openssl is usable... configure: error: ssl libraries not found.
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Jul 19, 2011
As I am learning everyday Slackware, there is something that it doesn't make sense to me. It is about libraries. I tried to install Playonlinux via slackbuild and if I am not wrong this package required a library named libnss3 ). This library was found in seamonkey, a program uninstalled by me. I had to reinstall it in order to build Playonlinus. Now playonlinux runs fine. My question is: why aren't all the libraries included separately on Slackware or its website in order to build automatically everypackage? Is is a huge list? It doesn't make sense to install a package that I will never use in order to have a library..
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Jan 7, 2010
I installed ripperX using a slackware package I found online. When I try to run the program however I get the following error:
Code: RipperX: error while loading shared libraries: libid3-3.8.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory I downloaded what I thought was this library and installed - now if I look in /usr/local/lib, I have the following:
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How can I get this library installed?
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Aug 7, 2010
I downloaded wxGTK-2.8.11.tar.gz , compiled and installed ok. here's the problem, there's library lib libwx_gtk2_richtext-2.8.so.0 exist in my directory /usr/local/lib but no lib libwx_gtk2u_richtext-2.8.so.0, look this:
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Jan 24, 2010
I tried to build several packages designed for slackware 13 at slackbuilds. Those was a simple apps like ardour, audacity for example.
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My CPU is AMD Phenom 9550 Quad core. It supports 64 bit. My os is slackware 13_64. What do I need to change in slackbuild to create a txz package for those apps?
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Mar 9, 2010
My recent borked upgrade to -current inspired me to try to come up with a way to sanity-check the lib and bin dirs for broken library symlinks (possibly indicating missing libs) and for binaries and libraries that belong to no installed package, as well as missing dependencies.
This script is the result.
I've checked the script results manually, and it appears to be accurate, so I figured I'd post it here for a second opinion, and/or because others may find it useful too. I'm not aware of another popular method of doing this on Slackware, so here it is:
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May 11, 2011
Why many Linux distros are trying to use always the latest versions of the libraries and don't save the old libraries for compatibility? I mean, I can see libtiff for example, i can found a libtiff.so.5 on my /usr/lib, but doesn't store a libtiff.so.4 or 3 just for binary applications or games. For this example, I need libtiff.so.4 for uplink.
That should happen too on the old version of sims for linux, some ID games or others.What's wrong with storing old libraries? PD: Yay, my first post on 3 years!
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Sep 5, 2010
I have uploaded some slackware packages to ftp://ftp.herpderp.ca/slackpkg/. These are packages that I haven't been able to find anywhere else and they are all built on a clean slackware 13.0 system using slackbuilds from slackbuilds.org. I will be uploading more in the future as I build them.
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Apr 30, 2010
Whenever I do sudo apt-get or use the Ubuntu Software Center, I can't download anything because a message comes up saying "Action requires installation of untrusted packages: The action would require the installation of packages from not authenticated sources." I've been trying to download GIMP and Thunderbird, so... I dunno what the problem is.
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Aug 31, 2011
I just upgraded from 11.2 to 11.4 and the installation/upgrade worked just perfect. I than followed the instructions in the "New User How To/FAQ", "Multimedia and restricted format" post. I was following the instruction in the 11.4 section. I added the additional repositories as explained. I then was on the section where it talks about going into software management and selecting the "Packman" repository and clicking to "switch systems packages" to the versions in this repository (packman). I than click this link and the "warning" screen appears and I am present with conflict resolution after conflict resolution dialog. It just seems that there are some many conflicts, it just seems wrong and I canceled.
The installation/upgrade appears to have worked just fine. My mail is there, audio and dvd play back worked the first try after the upgrade. I am not clear if this is what I should expect or their is something wrong or if I even need to complete this step for a successfully installation.
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May 6, 2010
Is there any way to use a dynamic libraries as a static libraries instead when compiling, so that my resulting executable won't have them as dependencies?
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Mar 31, 2011
im using fedora 14 and i have a slow internet connection. i want 2 install some packages from the fedora 14 dvd instead of downloading from internet using add/remove packages. i tried to edit /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora.repo and /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates.repo but it dint work.
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