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Slackware is the oldest LinuxDistribution still around. The philosophy it follows is that the SysAdmin knows what they're doing and doesn't need handholding. It aims to be as close to [Unix] as possible while complying with the published Linux standards. That may result in some legwork when setting up a system, but the installation is just about unbreakable. Anyone with rudimentary [Linux] knowledge should be able to install [Slackware] without any trouble.
-The [Package] format is as simple as it gets - plain old [TarBall]s of the files to install, plus an installation script. [Slackware] itself offers only rudimentary [
PackageManagementTool]
s that mainly aid upgrading or uninstalling. However, a variety of third party [
PackageManagementTool]
s that include dependency resolution now exist, several of which are endorsed by [Slackware].
+The [Package] format is as simple as it gets - plain old [TarBall]s of the files to install, plus an installation script. [Slackware] itself offers only rudimentary PackageManagementTool~
s that mainly aid upgrading or uninstalling. However, a variety of third party PackageManagementTool~
s that include dependency resolution now exist, several of which are endorsed by [Slackware].
-Installation of software not included in the current or latest version of the distribution usually
means compiling from source, though a
third party package repository exists at [Linuxpackages.net | http://linuxpackages.net]
. You definitely want to have a look at [checkinstall | http://freshmeat.net/projects/checkinstall/], a thiry party utility which monitors __
make install__
(or any other installation process) and assembles the copied files into a package
, making later removal sane and simple.
+Installation of software not included in the current or latest version of the distribution often
means compiling from source, though third party package repositories exist
. You definitely want to have a look at [checkinstall | http://freshmeat.net/projects/checkinstall/], a thiry party utility which monitors <tt>
make install</tt>
(or any other installation process) and assembles the copied files into a [Package]
, making later removal sane and simple.
The current version of the distribution is 10.2. It comes on two CDs chock full of goodies. The second contains mainly [KDE], all the rest is on the first disc.
-See also
-* [The Slackware Linux Project|http://www.slackware.com]
-* [Swaret (sort of apt for Slack)|http://www.swaret.org
]
-* [Slackware Linux Essentials -
The Official Guide To Slackware Linux|http://www.slackware.com/book/]
-* [Linuxpackages.net | http://linuxpackages.net] third party package repository
-* [Whats so good about Slackware? | http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/history/18393] -- !
LinuxQuestions thread with advocacy from users
+!!
See Also
+
+* [The Slackware Linux Project | http://www.slackware.com]
+* [Slackware Linux Essentials –
The Official Guide To Slackware Linux|http://www.slackware.com/book/]
+* [Linuxpackages.net | http://linuxpackages.net] and [Slackware-Current.net | http://slackware-current.net/]:
third-
party [Slackware]
package repositories
+* [SWareT | http://swaret.sf.net/] and [slapt-get | http://software.jaos.org/#slapt-get]: third-party PackageManagementTool~s for [Slackware]
+* [Whats so good about Slackware? | http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/history/18393] — ~
LinuxQuestions thread with advocacy from users
+* [Slackware Linux with pkgsrc Packages | http://users.piuha.net/martti/comp/slackware/]
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