what if i want kde or gnome?
if i want kde or gnome do i have to compile and install it on my own or can i get to it on the site
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Well, I don't know Vector well (just loaded 4.0 two days ago on an ancient P166) but it is based on Slackware, so I believe any of the Slack packages will work for KDE and Gnome.
Also, Vector releases their SOHO version with them included, I believe, but that might not be available for download. I'm only trying it out since it is supposed to be good with old equipment, but I don't see much advantage over regular Slackware (which I use on my main machine). HTH |
there are KDE packages in the VL4.0 SOHO tesing directory
(I would post a url but can't yet, not enough posts :) as for Gnome, there's no official packages yet |
will the vector package manager install software from the 4.0 soho folder if the plain 4.0 is installed or must these be downloaded and installed ??
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any packages in the "testing" directory must be installed manually...
ie. you download from ftp, you installpkg them, etc etc... |
Try Dropline GNOME (http://www.dropline.net/gnome/), it has a pretty easy installer which can pull the packages from the net or install from your hardisk if you download the packages first. I installed it on Vector 4 and it works great. Has quite a few apps included.
I log in to console mode, so to run GNOME I type gdm on the command line. |
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The above link to soho testing DOES NOT contains gnome desktop.
It only includes gnome libraries that are necessary to run gnome applications (evolution mainly). Your choices: - use kde from soho testing repository, but no gnome. - use kde or gnome from slackware 9.0 CD. Works well on me. - use kde or gnome/dropline from VL 4.0 deluxe (not available on-line). - compile from scratch. |
Hey folks
I've very new to slackware/vector and the like and am trying to get my head around the install applications part. I'm comfortable using mandrake, Redhat etc but havent got the faintest foggyest bout Vector. I know of the presence of vasm, pkgtool/2 but am not very sure how to use them and would rather some expert instruction. I'm using Vector version 3.2. Can anyone help me, even to just get a listing of the current installed apps and perhaps some others. Also how do these apps handle dependancies? Any help would be appreciated. |
see /var/log/packages for all the packages that are installed...
check out the man pages for installpkg, upgradepkg and removepkg... that all you really need to know. FYI: vasm, pkgtool, and mc all eventually call the above cmds... |
Thanks Colossis. I thought I'd get the rtfm :-)
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