SLACKWARE INSTALLPKG UPGRADE INSTALL
SLACKWARE INSTALLPKG UPGRADE UPDATE
SLACKWARE INSTALLPKG UPGRADE PATCH

$ primusrun glxinfo | grep 'OpenGL vendor string' OpenGL vendor string: Intel Open Source Technology Center

SLACKWARE INSTALLPKG UPGRADE INSTALL

Use the automated way to install Bumblebee: # installpkg xf86-video-nouveau-blacklist-noarch-1.txz You can obtain the package from any Slackware mirror. This will prevent to load the nouveau modules on startup, although the script used to install Bumblebee should do it automatically.

SLACKWARE INSTALLPKG UPGRADE PATCH

Reboot and enjoy the new kernel patch -)įirst of all you should download and install the xf86-video-nouveau-blacklist package.

Take the output and launch it to create the initrd.

Generate the initrd command for the new kernel:.

Install all the packages with installpkg package_name.txz.

Download the remaining files (those previously skipped):.

SLACKWARE INSTALLPKG UPGRADE UPDATE

Install all the updates with slackpkg (this will skip the blacklisted packages) with slackpkg update & slackpkg upgrade-all.

The steps to follow are those here below: Let’s suppose we are running the 4.4.14 (default kernel with initrd) and we want to add the new version which is the 4.4.38. Sometimes you need to install a kernel patch and maybe you want to keep the oldest versions of the kernel in parallel. Uncomment these lines, then save and exit:ĭifferent kernel patches living in parallel REPOPLUS=( slackpkgplus multilib alienbob ) Modify the default configuration as follows (adds priority in order to avoid that multilib packages are overwritten): # installpkg slackpkg+-1.7.0-noarch-4mt.txz I also blacklist all SBo packages by uncommenting this regular expression:

Uncomment (remove the #) the following lines in /etc/slackpkg/blacklist, then save the file:.

Backup the Slackpkg blacklist file: cp /etc/slackpkg/blacklist /etc/slackpkg/blacklist.orig.

Add a mirror by uncommenting only one line in /etc/slackpkg/mirrors (ftp is preferred).

The steps to do are explained here below: NOTE: I usually use slackpkg+ with a third-party repository (alienbob in this specific case) only for packages with no dependencies (like LibreOffice, VLC, flash, etc…), so that I can keep separated the two sets of packages (the third-party repo and the SBo one). LibreOffice) although in most cases I use sbotools, which uses SlackBuilds instead of prebuilt packages. Slackpkg and Slackpkg+ (an extension of Slackpkg) are very useful to keep your system up to date and to install third-party software whose compilation is time-consuming (i.e.

# upgradepkg -install-new slackware64-compat32/*-compat32/*.t?z # upgradepkg -reinstall -install-new *.t?z Set localization and enable UTF-8 into the files /etc/profile.d/' Start the X server with startx and change the keyboard layout to the correct oneĬhange DPI settings forcing it to 120 (from 96)

Create a new user using the adduser commandĪdd the user just created to the following groups: audio cdrom floppy plugdev video power netdev lp scanner.

Let’s see them together -) Initial steps after a full clean Slackware installationĪfter a clean installation I perform some preliminary steps before starting with the real configuration: After a long period spent with Fedora it was time to come back home, so I thought it would be a good thing to write down some system configuration highlights. About a month ago I installed Slackware64 14.2 on my laptop, a Dell Inspiron 7537.

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