bt3 is based off of slackware which uses the package manager slapt-get which pretty much sucks. You will be best of getting bt4 pre final or building whatever you need from source.
No apt-get or yum
I have downloaded the usb version of backtrack 3 and installed it on my hard drive. I need to install some packages, but I cannot find apt-get, yum, or dkpg. Every time I try to use one it tells me "-bash: apt-get: command not found" I would prefer to not download anything big like bt4 seeing how I am not at home and internet is not the best where I am. Does anyone have a solution for installing apt-get not through yum? Or if I need to compile something. Thank you for any help.
bt3 is based off of slackware which uses the package manager slapt-get which pretty much sucks. You will be best of getting bt4 pre final or building whatever you need from source.
Thanks for the info. I still don't have slapt-get, but I will look into getting bt4 when I get back to my house. Any ides on why i don't have slapt-get too?
Because you need to install it from fast-track first, but it's a bit more complicated than that.Originally Posted by nnicnac17
Now, be smart and follow pureh@te advice and move to bt4 pre.
I don't believe you understood what pureh@te was talking about.
BT3 has slapt-get as it's package manager.
BT4 use apt-get as it's package manager.
If you want to use bt3 then you will need to learn slapt-get.
But it is best to upgrade since bt4 is the latest, greatest, etc.
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Failure to do so will probably get your threads deleted or worse.
Thank you for the advice, I understood exactly what pureh@te was saying and I didn't have slapt-get either. It wasn't on my computer period, just like apt-get. I don't know why this is because I have been working with bt3 for 3 months now and I have never downloaded it and found it missing a package manager. I am upgrading to Back|Track 4 now, but thanks for the replies.
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