[SOLVED] slackpkg install - what am I doing wrong?
by stroudmw from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5RN17)
I'm running an up-to-date Slackware-current. I'm struggling with slackpkg:
I have no problems searching for packages, but I can't seem to install them.
Code:root@darkstar:~# slackpkg search neofetch
Looking for neofetch in package list. Please wait... DONE
The list below shows all packages with name matching "neofetch".
[inst] slackware64 : neofetch-20210904_77f2afc3-noarch-1
You can search specific files using "slackpkg file-search file".
root@darkstar:~# slackpkg install neofetch
Looking for neofetch in package list. Please wait... DONE
No packages match the pattern for install. Try:
/usr/sbin/slackpkg reinstall|upgrade
root@darkstar:~# slackpkg install neofetch-20210904_77f2afc3-noarch-1
Looking for neofetch-20210904_77f2afc3-noarch-1 in package list. Please wait... DONE
No packages match the pattern for install. Try:
/usr/sbin/slackpkg reinstall|upgrade
root@darkstar:~# slackpkg install neofetch-20210904_77f2afc3
Looking for neofetch-20210904_77f2afc3 in package list. Please wait... DONE
No packages match the pattern for install. Try:
/usr/sbin/slackpkg reinstall|upgrade
root@darkstar:~# slackpkg install neofetch-20210904
Looking for neofetch-20210904 in package list. Please wait... DONE
No packages match the pattern for install. Try:
/usr/sbin/slackpkg reinstall|upgrade
root@darkstar:~#neofetch is just an example. What am I doing wrong? Thanks.
I have no problems searching for packages, but I can't seem to install them.
Code:root@darkstar:~# slackpkg search neofetch
Looking for neofetch in package list. Please wait... DONE
The list below shows all packages with name matching "neofetch".
[inst] slackware64 : neofetch-20210904_77f2afc3-noarch-1
You can search specific files using "slackpkg file-search file".
root@darkstar:~# slackpkg install neofetch
Looking for neofetch in package list. Please wait... DONE
No packages match the pattern for install. Try:
/usr/sbin/slackpkg reinstall|upgrade
root@darkstar:~# slackpkg install neofetch-20210904_77f2afc3-noarch-1
Looking for neofetch-20210904_77f2afc3-noarch-1 in package list. Please wait... DONE
No packages match the pattern for install. Try:
/usr/sbin/slackpkg reinstall|upgrade
root@darkstar:~# slackpkg install neofetch-20210904_77f2afc3
Looking for neofetch-20210904_77f2afc3 in package list. Please wait... DONE
No packages match the pattern for install. Try:
/usr/sbin/slackpkg reinstall|upgrade
root@darkstar:~# slackpkg install neofetch-20210904
Looking for neofetch-20210904 in package list. Please wait... DONE
No packages match the pattern for install. Try:
/usr/sbin/slackpkg reinstall|upgrade
root@darkstar:~#neofetch is just an example. What am I doing wrong? Thanks.