Returning to Slackware after a few years, but I have a few questions
by pocker from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5GQK3)
Hi.
I did a fresh install in my laptop of -current but the last time I used Slackware was around 2009~10. A few things I just don't know (or can't remember) and I will appreciate any help.
1) slackpg
I edited /etc/slackpkg/blacklist
and uncommented lines
kernel-generic.*
kernel-huge.*
kernel-modules.*
kernel-source
Also, I selected a mirror and then:
slackpkg update
slackpkg install-new
slackpkg upgrade-all
slackpkg clean-system
With this, as far as I could remember, I will remain with the kernel shipped with the .iso (5.10.30)
Is this right?
2) If I comment those lines of kernel-* to allow slackpkg to update kernel too, do I need to run
eliloconfig ?
Will the previous installed kernel be completely removed?
3) with lilo there is a file called /etc/lilo.conf with an option called timeout ...
is there something similar with elilo?
4) suppose that I want to uninstall a package, e.g., fftw, and compile it by my own (without SBo in this case), what is the best approach to remove the package?
5) I've used debian/mint since 2009~10 and all local libs are, usually, installed in /usr/local/lib
I realized that slackware has /usr/local/lib and /usr/local/lib64
dumb question: any library compiled by me should go to lib64, i.e., which one is in the "default path" that any "./configure" will look for?
6) KDE is not saving my wifi password and I have to type it in every log in . How can I save the password in order to KDE connect to my wifi automatically?
Kind regards
Leonardo
I did a fresh install in my laptop of -current but the last time I used Slackware was around 2009~10. A few things I just don't know (or can't remember) and I will appreciate any help.
1) slackpg
I edited /etc/slackpkg/blacklist
and uncommented lines
kernel-generic.*
kernel-huge.*
kernel-modules.*
kernel-source
Also, I selected a mirror and then:
slackpkg update
slackpkg install-new
slackpkg upgrade-all
slackpkg clean-system
With this, as far as I could remember, I will remain with the kernel shipped with the .iso (5.10.30)
Is this right?
2) If I comment those lines of kernel-* to allow slackpkg to update kernel too, do I need to run
eliloconfig ?
Will the previous installed kernel be completely removed?
3) with lilo there is a file called /etc/lilo.conf with an option called timeout ...
is there something similar with elilo?
4) suppose that I want to uninstall a package, e.g., fftw, and compile it by my own (without SBo in this case), what is the best approach to remove the package?
5) I've used debian/mint since 2009~10 and all local libs are, usually, installed in /usr/local/lib
I realized that slackware has /usr/local/lib and /usr/local/lib64
dumb question: any library compiled by me should go to lib64, i.e., which one is in the "default path" that any "./configure" will look for?
6) KDE is not saving my wifi password and I have to type it in every log in . How can I save the password in order to KDE connect to my wifi automatically?
Kind regards
Leonardo