[PLUG] Slackware Install, 2nd try

Wed Nov 28 07:03:19 UTC 2018

On 11/27/18 7:37 PM, Dick Steffens wrote:
> On 11/27/18 6:29 PM, King Beowulf wrote:
>> On 11/27/18 5:48 PM, Dick Steffens wrote:
>>> On 11/27/18 12:21 AM, King Beowulf wrote:
>> ...snip....
>>>> Odd.  if you are up to date you should see from package
>>>> zlib-1.2.11-x86_64-1_slack14.2
>>>>
>>>> ls -l /usr/lib64 |grep libz.so
>>>> ... libz.so -> libz.so.1.2.11
>>>> ... libz.so.1 -> libz.so.1.2.11
>>>> ... libz.so.1.2.11 -> ../../lib64/libz.so.1.2.11
>>>>
>>>> (actual libz lives in /lib64)
>>> (I realized I don't need the bad install USB anymore, so I reformatted
>>> it and can now copy stuff from one machine to the other.)
>>>
>>> bash-4.3$ ls -l /usr/lib64 | grep libz.so
>>> lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root       13 Nov 24 18:23 libz.so -> libz.so.1.2.8
>>> lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root       13 Nov 24 18:23 libz.so.1 ->
>>> libz.so.1.2.8
>>> lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root       25 Nov 24 18:23 libz.so.1.2.8 ->
>>> ../../lib64/libz.so.1.2.8
>>> bash-4.3$
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> and the latest version installed is:
>>>> mozilla-firefox-60.3.0esr-x86_64-1_slack14.2
>>> That's what slackpkg search firefox shows.
>>>
>>> I still get the same error message this afternoon as last night, after a
>>> power down and restart.
>> You said you ran 'slackpkg update' then something is wrong since you
>> have the *old* version of zlib but the *new* version of firefox is
>> compiles against the *new* zlib-1.2.11
>>
>> make sure /etc/slackpkg/blacklist doesn't have it blacklisted.
> 
> Every line in blacklist is commented out.
> 
>> Run the
>> update and type "y" to force a reload of the package list.
> 
> root at Thinnkpad-X200:~# slackpkg update
> 
> Updating the package lists...
>         Downloading...
>                         Downloading
> http://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware64-14.2/ChangeLog.txt...
> URL transformed to HTTPS due to an HSTS policy
> --2018-11-27 18:49:40--
> https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware64-14.2/ChangeLog.txt
> Resolving mirrors.slackware.com (mirrors.slackware.com)... 207.223.116.213
> Connecting to mirrors.slackware.com
> (mirrors.slackware.com)|207.223.116.213|:443... connected.
> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
> Length: 508812 (497K) [text/plain]
> Saving to: '/tmp/slackpkg.HVix4x/ChangeLog.txt'
> 
> /tmp/slackpkg.HVix4x/ChangeLog.txt
> 100%[============================================================================>]
> 496.89K   377KB/s    in 1.3s
> 
> 2018-11-27 18:49:42 (377 KB/s) - '/tmp/slackpkg.HVix4x/ChangeLog.txt'
> saved [508812/508812]
> 
> 
>                 No changes in ChangeLog.txt between your last update and
> now.
>                 Do you really want to download all other files (y/N)? y
> 
> 
> [was that they Y you meant?]
> 
> 
>                 List of all files
>                         Downloading
> http://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/MANIFEST.bz2...
> 
> <...>
> 
> root at Thinnkpad-X200:~# ls -l /usr/lib64 | grep libz.so
> lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root       13 Nov 24 18:23 libz.so -> libz.so.1.2.8*
> lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root       13 Nov 24 18:23 libz.so.1 -> libz.so.1.2.8*
> lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root       25 Nov 24 18:23 libz.so.1.2.8 ->
> ../../lib64/libz.so.1.2.8*
> 
> 
> It still shows 1.2.8, but what does the * mean?
> 
>>
>> if necessary, you can just download zlib-1.2.11 from the patches
>> directory or any Slackware mirror and run
>>
>> upgradepkg zlib-1.2.11-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
>>
> 
> BTW, at some point Thunderbird was installed. I didn't think it was one
> of the included packages. However, there it was. I ran it and did a
> minimal setup. It didn't work to send myself an email. But I copied
> .thunderbird from my desktop machine to the laptop, fired up Thunderbird
> again, set it so it wouldn't download anything, then sent  myself a test
> message. It just came through. So now I can email myself stuff instead
> of using sneaker-net.
> 

Dick,

I think I see the update issue. Package management in Slackware is not
like Debian/Ubuntu etc. It's a very manual process that requires much
user input. slackpkg only automates a few of these tasks.  After
"update" did you "upgrade-all"?  Otherwise nothing gets
installed/ungraded see also 'man slackpkg' and 'slackpkg help'

'slackpkg update'  only gets updates but does NOT install them

'slackpkg upgrade-all' performs the actual upgrade of those packages.

'slackpkg search zlib' should show both with upgrade recommendation

Thunderbird is installed by default as part or Slackware. I've used it
for years. However, instead of emailing, better to use 'scp' or 'rsync'
to copy between computers.

scp somefile dick at Thinnkpad-X200:/path/to/somefile

see 'man scp'.  Saves a step; no download from TB to directory.  Note
that some home [wifi]routers have issues with home network DNS via DHCP
- the only support outside internet DNS. That is why I use DD-WRT or
Openwrt.  Thus, you will often need to refer by IP address not name as
above.

* is a flag to show file is executable.   On my systems I get that
output when in CLI before starting X (per settings in /etc/profile.) and
in X depending how konsole and other terminals are configured. I did
override the ls alias with a new on in some cases with a custom
$HOME/.bashrc so that on that box 'ls -l' does not add *.

-Ed

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