slapt-get

[mcai8rw2]

The newest version is the e version. that is what you need.

Thanks Purehate... that was a bit thick of me.

continueing with the thick questions. I've installed the E version of slapt-get.

Opening the /etc/slapt-get/slapt-getrc file shows me loads of different mirrors, from which i would be able to download the updates from.

My question is...is there any difference between the servers? or do they all contain the same software packages?

If so, what makes me pick one server over another? Or is it a case of server-x will contain different software packages to server-y and therefore the more active servers you have defined in the slapt-getrc file, the more choices you have?

[balding_parrot]

The reason is that although they should all have the same packages, some are slower at getting the latest packages than others, also some servers can be overloaded with people updating at the same time so can become slow. Although it is recommended to chose a server nearest to you, that is not always the best server to use, so it can often be faster to use a server on the other side of the world than it can be using one 100 miles from you.

[Archangel-Amael]

Again with the errors about using slapt-get or the gui

If you get the error GPGME: Invalid crypto engine this indicates that you dont have the proper or no gpg keys so you have to add them if necessary.

also from the slapt-get faq : Recent versions of slapt-get support GPG key verification via the GPGME library. GPGME requires gnupg to support the OpenPGP protocol. At this time gnupg2 is not compatible with GPGME and so gnupg must also be installed. gnupg 1.x can be installed side by side with gnupg2.

So if it is still not working try to use the mirror provided by Dr. GrEen in this thread. you may still have to use the --no-md5sum to get the downloads to work.

[RageLtMan]

i have a fresh install, updated slapt-get, reinstalled gslapt, and got this:

gslapt: symbol lookup error: gslapt: undefined symbol: slapt_init_source_list

...huh? anyone know what this is all about?

[Trigger911]

I've got a question I need some library's off the Slackware dvd i downloaded to compile some apps I need to compile. I'm pretty new but can I setup slapt-get to search my dvd for these library because the site don't carry allot of the packages on the cd/dvd

This is what I tried

WORKINGDIR=/var/slapt-get
EXCLUDE=^kernel-.*

SOURCE=http://darkstar.ist.utl.pt/slackware/addon/slacky/slackware-12.0/
SOURCE=ftp://mirrors.blueyonder.co.uk/sites/ftp.slackware.com/slackware-current
#Tryed this to get packages off the DVD-Rom drive
SOURCE=mnt/cdrom/
SOURCE=file:///mnt/cdrom/

[purehate]

Trigger I have no clue what you are trying to do it makes no sense however here is the repo for libraries. I hope you find what you need there or explain your situation a little better.


SOURCE=mnt/cdrom/
SOURCE=file:///mnt/cdrom/

this simply makes no sense and will not work

[Trigger911]

I'm Trying to change out my players to the ones i like to use and to get more codecs. but im missing some dependency's.
But heres a picture of my problem
But the dvd rom source i was trying i found on another forum and the person must have the amount know how as me lol

[purehate]

You will probably have to do all the dependancies one by one with slapt-get and the repo i linked you to should have every thing you need.

[drgr33n]

if you want to install a package from the slackware dvd use installpkg. As for the dependencies you will have to install them before the rest. I can see one is libtool but couldn't make out the rest.

slapt-get --install libtool

[Trigger911]

Ok i added the source and did #slapt-get --dist-upgrade i got everything needed thanks alot.