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- To install packages in this directory (*), use the Slackware package tools.
- Packages may be installed from the command line using the "installpkg" command:
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- # installpkg somepackage.tgz
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- * there is one exception in this directory -- slirp-1.0c.tar.gz
- (a SLIP/CSLIP/PPP emulator) is provided as a source code package.
- Don't try to use installpkg or pkgtool to install slirp-1.0c.tar.gz.
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- NOTE: Some packages should only be installed in single-user mode. This is
- especially true of packages that contain daemons, like the networking package
- tcpip.tgz, or the print spooler package bsdlpr.tgz. To switch to single user
- mode, use this command:
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- # telinit 1
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- To switch back to the normal runlevel after installing your new package(s),
- use this command:
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- # telinit 3
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- Packages may also be installed using the menu-based package installation and
- removal tool "pkgtool". Run pkgtool in the directory with the packages and
- follow the on screen prompts.
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- Removing packages
- -----------------
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- The Slackware package management tools provide a way to remove installed
- packages easily and safely. (well, obviously if you remove the wrong package
- it can be harmful to your machine's health :^)
-
- To remove a package, switch into the directory containing the package database:
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- # cd /var/log/packages
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- In this directory, you'll find a text file for each package. You can look at
- the files with "less" to see information about what each package does and
- which files it contains. If you want to remove a package, use the "removepkg"
- command in the package database directory:
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- # removepkg somepackage
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- You'll see quite a bit of output on the screen telling you exactly which files
- and directories are removed, which you may wish to redirect to a file for later
- inspection.
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