From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from linserver.romuald.net.eu.org ([63.228.150.209]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Gx5tc-00041e-00 for ; Wed, 20 Dec 2006 13:10:28 -0500 Received: (qmail 22634 invoked by uid 1000); 20 Dec 2006 11:09:57 -0700 Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 11:09:57 -0700 From: Gregory Nowak To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: help with linux installation Message-ID: <20061220180957.GA21758@localhost.localdomain> References: <7.0.1.0.0.20061218164701.02a6ceb0@gmail.com> <20061219163638.GA5898@sunset.net> <7.0.1.0.0.20061219201305.025dae10@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <7.0.1.0.0.20061219201305.025dae10@gmail.com> X-PGP-Key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 08:38:50 -0500 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 18:10:28 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Slackware uses installpkg, and removepkg to install and remove packages. As for apt-cache search, the slackware equivalent there is either the slackware distribution archive, or google. Slackware packages are more or less tar.gz files. Also, if you're going to use slackware, then you'd better get used to building most of what you need from source. Greg On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 08:13:39PM -0700, TheCreator wrote: > Hello, > Sorry this is delayed. > Unfortunately I just got to the computer. I'll try that tomorrow. > Also, what does slack use for a package manager? > I'm used to apt-get or apt-cache search... > Thanks, - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFiXx17s9z/XlyUyARAnEMAJ4iU6AD832B8bl3I+9DOajAES43tgCdGs9J 7oCfr0DriRltsX/p1xhIWvo= =ydg3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----