However, it does not look like any of the updates were installed. Please keep your finished torrent session running as long as possible. Well folks, its that time to announce a new stable slackware release again. Sep 28, 2012 congratulations to pat, eric, the rest of the slackware team, and all the other contributors to this release. So what exactly is slackware current and what would be the pros and cons of switching from stable to current. Press the ok button and the upgrade will go on without further delay. The official tool to update slackware over a network or the internet is slackpkg. I plan to clone the slackware current install that i have in case anything goes wrong. 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. We have setup several sources where you can download the iso images all the slackware main mirrors of course. I dont know if or how running the slackpkg steps would have led to two versions of each package. To apply security fixes and important patches, just type as root. It was one of the earliest operating systems to be built on top of the linux kernel and is the oldest currently being maintained. 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. Slackpkg is an automated tool for management of slackware. When youre going to bed or away for the weekend, start downloading an already finished torrent. 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.
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. Before the tool can be used, you need to edit the etcslackpkgmirrors file and select one mirror by uncommenting its corresponding location. Packages not included with slackware will not be handled. 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. But you can upgrade one old version of current to a newer one.
Howto upgrade the kernel in slackware linux current 15. 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. The user will be asked for a confirmation as shown in the picture below. By the way, dont even consider trying to follow the slackware current development using slaptget. Download slackpkg package tool for slackware for free. 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. Slackwarebased slackex distro released with linux kernel. Slackware linux is a complete 32bit multitasking unixlike system. The options for slackpkg are this was extracted from the official help document. Slackware current changes day to day, and a new kernel got pushed out on november 4, 2018. Including the latest popular software while retaining a sense of tradition, providing simplicity and ease of use alongside flexibility and power, slackware brings the. The signature will be used to verify the downloaded package source. Nowadays slackpkg comes as part of slackware, but if you do not have it installed, the latest version can be downloaded from slackpkg.
Slackware was created by patrick volkerding of slackware linux, inc. Docker flow for slackware package management, from slackpkg binary to slackbuild compilation. How to upgrade to the latest slackware release unixmen. Slackware is a very fast, stable and reliable linux distribution. I always use slackpkg with care to upgrade my slackware systems from one stable release to the. It describes how to use the slackpkg tool which is part of slackware to perform the upgrade with a large degree of automation. This typically involves the use of rsync and a great dose of patience. If a different version is available, that version will be downloaded and upgraded. 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. However, the issue with this approach is that several former sbo packages have been added to the slackware base installation. Slackpkg is a good package manager for slackware that help the user to keep updated its installation. Package tracking makes it easy to upgrade from slackware 10. Slackpkg is an automated tool to manage local packages and to install new package over a network. 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.
Slackpkg also does not allow to keep correctly updated a slackware multilib installation. 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. Compare every slackware package currently installed with the the mirror. Slackware package manager how to install applications. The usual procedure of installing slackware from a live session, namely partitioning the disks and create relevant file systems, then running. 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. How to install and configure utorrent on 7 linux distros. 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.
Slackware works the way computers are supposed to work, dependable, silent, swift and easy to understand and fix yourself. How to get grub back with my fresh slackware installation. Posts about upgrade my slackware to current written by nightslacker. Congratulations to pat, eric, the rest of the slackware team, and all the other contributors to this release. Slackware is a free and open source operating system. It originally appeared in extra for the release of slackware 12. That what i did i upgraded from september release to yesterday which changed kernel 4. 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. 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. Thanks for helping to keep slackware up and running. 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 slackpkg update command will connect to a slackware mirror. Go on updating the available package list running command. If an update is available for a certain package, it can be updated with slackpkg upgrade packagename. In addition, the slacktrack utility will help you build and maintain your own packages. Good ill see if slackware 15 is out yet i mean better than an older current version. About slackware current so youve patiently been waiting for the next slackware release but eventually youre considering making the move to slackware current. I sow how to upgrade the system using gslapt, excluding the kernel by default.
Slackpkg is a tool for installing or upgrading packages through a network. Packages that are currently installed and are not part of the release upgrading to. Automated tool for management of slackware linux packages. Oct 19, 2010 slackware is a free and open source operating system. This is my bible for upgrading, and while i deviate in some small ways, it is a very good guide. I believe the best approach here would be to blacklist sbo after performing the slackpkg upgrade all step. It is similar in function to the testing branch of other distributions and the same caveats apply to current. Because of this, blacklisting sbo will block slackware stock packages from getting installed and upgraded. The upgradepkg command will install a file etc slackpkg mirrors.
Slackpkg is an automated tool for management of slackware linux packages. It can also uncompress explodepkg and create makepkg packages. Slackpkg is a very powerful utility that allows you to update your installed packages with the most recent version in the slackware release tree. Note that there is not any guarantee that you will be redirected to an s mirror. This is the file which contains the urls for mirrors carrying the new slackware release. 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. This linux video tutorial shows how to use slackpkg to upgrade slackware 12 to slackware current. So what exactly is slackwarecurrent and what would be the pros and cons of switching from stable to current. If you have 3rd party packages installed, its up to you how to keep them uptodate. An automated packaging tool for slackware linux with automatic downloading of packages. Change the directory it is supposed to look in from slackware. Nov 25, 2017 about slackwarecurrent so youve patiently been waiting for the next slackware release but eventually youre considering making the move to slackwarecurrent. Txt file is an invaluable source if you want to perform a manual upgrade.
Every now and then, i run slackpkg to update things and go back to sleep. 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. I successfully ran slackpkg installnew and slackpkg upgrade all and it upgraded a lot of packages, including glibc and a new kernel. Performing a slackware release upgrade with slackpkg. You will have to compare this to the original version and merge the contents. This tool is used to talk to a slackware mirror and install remove, update packages and clean obsolete packages from your system. So, without further ado, announcing slackware version 12. 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. The slackware documentation project contains an article called upgrading slackware to a new release. One of the first steps i perform after installing slackware is to run slackpkg.
We replaced the kernel with linuxlibre, removed other nonfree bits, and adjusted slackpkg configuration to use. Any slackware release is accompanied by this file on the ftps. 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. We replaced the kernel with linuxlibre, removed other nonfree bits, and adjusted slackpkg configuration to use our repository, while leaving everything else in place. In slackware there is a simplified method for installing the necessary security updates for the official slackware packages, that tool is slackpkg. The torrent will perform a quick consistency check and then offer your upload bandwidth to the download pool. 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. Just type slackpkg and all packages in the official slackware linux mirrors will be in your hands.