Automated tool for management of slackware linux packages. Performing a slackware release upgrade with slackpkg. Slackware was created by patrick volkerding of slackware linux, inc. Nov 25, 2017 about slackwarecurrent so youve patiently been waiting for the next slackware release but eventually youre considering making the move to slackwarecurrent. The signature will be used to verify the downloaded package source. Slackpkg is an automated tool for management of slackware linux packages. Note that there is not any guarantee that you will be redirected to an s mirror. When youre going to bed or away for the weekend, start downloading an already finished torrent. This typically involves the use of rsync and a great dose of patience. That what i did i upgraded from september release to yesterday which changed kernel 4. The upgradepkg command will install a file etc slackpkg mirrors.
How to upgrade to the latest slackware release unixmen. I would like to install slackware current, the official installation instructions involve using slackpkg from an existing slackware installation, but i downloaded the live iso of slackware current and was hoping it was possible to install it using it. Slackware works the way computers are supposed to work, dependable, silent, swift and easy to understand and fix yourself. Slackpkg is an automated tool to manage local packages and to install new package over a network. The slackpkg update command will connect to a slackware mirror. It was one of the earliest operating systems to be built on top of the linux kernel and is the oldest currently being maintained. Slackware package manager how to install applications. Go on updating the available package list running command. In addition, the slacktrack utility will help you build and maintain your own packages. Slackwarebased slackex distro released with linux kernel. The options for slackpkg are this was extracted from the official help document. It can also uncompress explodepkg and create makepkg packages. If a different version is available, that version will be downloaded and upgraded. Slackware is a free and open source operating system.
The user will be asked for a confirmation as shown in the picture below. Slackware is a very fast, stable and reliable linux distribution. The slackpkg tool in extra can also help update from an older version of slackware to a newer one, and keep your slackware system up to date. Txt file is an invaluable source if you want to perform a manual upgrade. Package tracking makes it easy to upgrade from slackware 10.
Packages not included with slackware will not be handled. Package tracking makes it easy to upgrade from slackware 14. Howto upgrade the kernel in slackware linux current 15. The torrent will perform a quick consistency check and then offer your upload bandwidth to the download pool. We are going to learn the basic settings of this bittorrent client, how set the password,bandwidth,directories and how to get notified when your download finishes or change state. The slackware documentation project contains an article called upgrading slackware to a new release.
Packages that are currently installed and are not part of the release upgrading to. Latest slackware version doesnt cut newbies any slack. If you upgrade slackware see below for the procedure, you will upgrade slackpkg as one of the first steps. I sow how to upgrade the system using gslapt, excluding the kernel by default. Every now and then, i run slackpkg to update things and go back to sleep. We replaced the kernel with linuxlibre, removed other nonfree bits, and adjusted slackpkg configuration to use. This tool is used to talk to a slackware mirror and install remove, update packages and clean obsolete packages from your system. Slackpkg is an automated tool for management of slackware. Oct 19, 2010 slackware is a free and open source operating system. Sep 28, 2012 congratulations to pat, eric, the rest of the slackware team, and all the other contributors to this release. Any slackware release is accompanied by this file on the ftps.
Heres a reminder of the most basic commands, enter copypaste a magnet link or a torrent filename adds the torrent to the list s start the torrent backspace copypaste a magnet link or a torrent filename starts the torrent d d stop and remove a torrent k stop and close a torrent see torrents details. It describes how to use the slackpkg tool which is part of slackware to perform the upgrade with a large degree of automation. However, it does not look like any of the updates were installed. The official tool to update slackware over a network or the internet is slackpkg. Nowadays slackpkg comes as part of slackware, but if you do not have it installed, the latest version can be downloaded from slackpkg. This linux video tutorial shows how to use slackpkg to upgrade slackware 12 to slackware current. Press the ok button and the upgrade will go on without further delay. Slackware linux is a complete 32bit multitasking unixlike system. About slackware current so youve patiently been waiting for the next slackware release but eventually youre considering making the move to slackware current. Unlike slaptget, however, slackpkg allow to install and upgrade packages only from official slackware repositories, so many users continue to use slaptget, instead slackpkg, to install packages from other repositories as alienbob, slacky and other.
Slackpkg isnt installed by default, but is available in the extras directory on the second slackware installation cdrom and can be easily installed using installpkg. The slackpkg tool can also help update from an older version of slackware to a newer one, and keep your slackware system up to date. Slackpkg also does not allow to keep correctly updated a slackware multilib installation. We replaced the kernel with linuxlibre, removed other nonfree bits, and adjusted slackpkg configuration to use our repository, while leaving everything else in place. Btw i did some reading about slackware current and i couldnt find any documentation that specifically said you have to run slackpkg update to update the system. It is similar in function to the testing branch of other distributions and the same caveats apply to current. If you have 3rd party packages installed, its up to you how to keep them uptodate. Because of this, blacklisting sbo will block slackware stock packages from getting installed and upgraded. However, the package md5 sums and gpg signatures are intended to be served directly from this site, so you should have an added layer of trust that the content of those files was not modified in transit if you use s instead. It originally appeared in extra for the release of slackware 12. How to get grub back with my fresh slackware installation. Change the directory it is supposed to look in from slackware. This is my bible for upgrading, and while i deviate in some small ways, it is a very good guide. Download slackpkg package tool for slackware for free.
I plan to clone the slackware current install that i have in case anything goes wrong. Running slpkg update works just fine on my system and all is well. Feel free to take these now, but consider supporting the project with a visit to store. Congratulations to pat, eric, the rest of the slackware team, and all the other contributors to this release. Slackpkg is a tool for installing or upgrading packages through a network. So, without further ado, announcing slackware version 12. Just type slackpkg and all packages in the official slackware linux mirrors will be in your hands. To see how to use slackpkg see our documentation page or type man slackpkg in shell. Slackpkg now comes as part of the normal slackware install. I believe the best approach here would be to blacklist sbo after performing the slackpkg upgrade all step. Please keep your finished torrent session running as long as possible. Thanks for helping to keep slackware up and running.
The official release of slackware linux by patrick volkerding is an advanced linux operating system, designed with the twin goals of ease of use and stability as top priorities. I successfully ran slackpkg installnew and slackpkg upgrade all and it upgraded a lot of packages, including glibc and a new kernel. However, the issue with this approach is that several former sbo packages have been added to the slackware base installation. The easiest way to obtain a free and libre slackware flavor is by installing from our iso image, which is a deblobbed version of the official slackware iso. To apply security fixes and important patches, just type as root.
In slackware there is a simplified method for installing the necessary security updates for the official slackware packages, that tool is slackpkg. If an update is available for a certain package, it can be updated with slackpkg upgrade packagename. An automated packaging tool for slackware linux with automatic downloading of packages. Slackware current is the development branch of slackware that eventually gets released as a stable version when considered ready and then split again, as the development branch for the next version. By the way, dont even consider trying to follow the slackware current development using slaptget. Hi guys, today i am going to show you how to install and configure utorrent server on some of the linux distros like ubuntu, debian, fedora, centos, slackware, opensuse and arch linux. Guys im not really a very knowledgeable person when it comes to operating systems, im still studying and theres a lot of content, i have an assignment and the goal is to compile a kernel, im using kernel 4. Including the latest popular software while retaining a sense of tradition, providing simplicity and ease of use alongside flexibility and power, slackware brings the. Posts about upgrade my slackware to current written by nightslacker.
This is the file which contains the urls for mirrors carrying the new slackware release. Well folks, its that time to announce a new stable slackware release again. We have setup several sources where you can download the iso images all the slackware main mirrors of course. To upgrade your packages, it is recommended that you run slackpkg update first so that the packages which were modified since the last update such as patches will be downloaded. You can make a minimal installation of slackware linux and then install additional packages from a slackware mirror you dont need to setup nfs or make dozens of cds for all of your computers. Slackpkg is a very powerful utility that allows you to update your installed packages with the most recent version in the slackware release tree. Before the tool can be used, you need to edit the etcslackpkgmirrors file and select one mirror by uncommenting its corresponding location. So what exactly is slackware current and what would be the pros and cons of switching from stable to current. The second command slackpkg upgrade all will compare every official slackware package which you currently have installed, with the package list on your slackware mirror. Docker flow for slackware package management, from slackpkg binary to slackbuild compilation. I dont know if or how running the slackpkg steps would have led to two versions of each package. The usual procedure of installing slackware from a live session, namely partitioning the disks and create relevant file systems, then running. But you can upgrade one old version of current to a newer one.
Slackpkg is a good package manager for slackware that help the user to keep updated its installation. Compare every slackware package currently installed with the the mirror. Slackware current changes day to day, and a new kernel got pushed out on november 4, 2018. So what exactly is slackwarecurrent and what would be the pros and cons of switching from stable to current. How to install and configure utorrent on 7 linux distros.