slapt-get

[imported_Shark]

Thank you for explanatiaon.

[drwalter]

There is a exclude list in your slapt-getrc file which excludes some crucial alsa and kernel stuff which is meant to prevent n00bs from shooting them selves in the foot after running a blind update and upgrade with out really knowing whats going on.

Thanks That's what I was looking to hear... before knowing this i just haven't bothered with it because I didn't want to touch the custom Kernel...

Sidenote though... I noticed gslapt doesn't direct to it anymore after upgrading slapt-get via the info on the forum. What do I have to edit to fix that?

[imported_echo6]

I created lzm modules to put in my BT3/base usb install which appears to fix the problem for me.

http||ftp.belnet.be/packages/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/gnupg-1.4.9-i486-1.tgz
http||software.jaos.org/slackpacks/12.0/slapt-get-0.9.12d-i386-1.tgz

[thont]

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really old question through ... the best solution is you should download gnupg (you can google it out) and compile and install it. After that, plz run following command:

slapt-get --add-keys

before you run your upgrade
It works fine for me
Good luck ^^!

[squishyalt]

OK. I've tried all of these things, including running FastTrack's slapt updater and I am having an issue that I did not see discussed here.

When I run Gslapt and hit "update" it simply closes itself when it gets to "Retrieving checksum list". No error message or anything. Gslapt just goes away.

Are there alternative guis to gslapt for package management on BackTrack 3?

Yes. I am a n00b. But, I am a fast learning n00b and I spread the kn00wledge. So, how about a little help?

[YearZirO]

Ok so i have read this thread several times and i still dont get what im doing wrong because im getting the error when i try to retrieve the GPG keys from the mirrors..

Retrieving GPG key [http://linuxpackages.inode.at/Slackware-12.0/]...Not Found
Retrieving GPG key [ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackwar...2.0/]...Cached
GPGME: Invalid crypto engine
GPG key could not be imported.
Retrieving GPG key [http://software.jaos.org/slackpacks/12.0/]...Cached
GPGME: Invalid crypto engine
GPG key could not be imported.

also i have downloaded libassuan,gpgme,gnupg latest versions from the website



im running slapt-get 0.9.12.d-i386-1 installed all the packages i can for gnupg2 and everything else i can see on here im hoping someone feels generous on friday and wants to help me out and tell me what im missing

[Pureline]

There is a fix on the wiki. Go have a look there mate.

[purehate]

http://airdump.net/papers/backtrack-...get-correcting


This actually works just as well and may be easier to follow than all the different fixes we posted in this thread.

[YearZirO]

http://airdump.net/papers/backtrack-...get-correcting


This actually works just as well and may be easier to follow than all the different fixes we posted in this thread.

Worked like a charm....thank you very much

[SyntaXe]

hxxp://airdump.net/papers/backtrack-3-slapt-get-correcting


This actually works just as well and may be easier to follow than all the different fixes we posted in this thread.

Thanks, working perfect now!!
Kudos!