hello

/ slack 11 /

I tried to use pkgtool to install a pkg the name of which I don't know
exactly.

It seems that to find the pkg I need I must go through all the pkg the
program proposes from A and to my pkg doing cancel, cancel cancel....next ,
next next etc....

Is this the right why or there is sth I miss? Can I just list the pkd's down
....?

And is there is complete list of pkg in a category N for example? to find
out the name of the pkg I need to install?


Thank you very much

On Sun, 01 Apr 2007 12:02:08 +0400, serge_moscou wrote:

> I tried to use pkgtool to install a pkg the name of which I don't know
> exactly.

> Is this the right why or there is sth I miss? Can I just list the pkd's down
> ...?

> And is there is complete list of pkg in a category N for example? to
> find out the name of the pkg I need to install?


I presume this is from the install cd / dvd? If you think you have the
package you want you can alway check its contents with: less package.name.tgz

There should be a complete list of packages called package.txt or
something like that. Or, you could search the media with a
*cluetopackagename*.

Once you've got the name, you can move to the directory or use an absolute
pathname and run installpkg /path/to/packagename

paul_s

On Sun, 1 Apr 2007 12:02:08 +0400
"serge_moscou" <serge_mtu@mtu-net.ru> wrote:

> And is there is complete list of pkg in a category N for example? to find
> out the name of the pkg I need to install?

There is a file called README.TXT in the root of the Slackware tree,
which says:

These are some of the important files and directories found on the Slackware
FTP site:
[snip]
|-- PACKAGES.TXT A detailed list of the core Slackware packages.

;-)

--
Mikhail

serge_moscou wrote:

> I tried to use pkgtool to install a pkg the name of which I don't know
> exactly.

Another useful tool for package searches is the Slackware Package Browser,
available at http://packages.slackware.it/


Jeffrey

On 2007-04-01, serge_moscou <serge_mtu@mtu-net.ru> wrote:
> hello
>
> / slack 11 /
>
> I tried to use pkgtool to install a pkg the name of which I don't know
> exactly.
>
> It seems that to find the pkg I need I must go through all the pkg the
> program proposes from A and to my pkg doing cancel, cancel cancel....next ,
> next next etc....
>
> Is this the right why or there is sth I miss? Can I just list the pkd's down
> ...?
>
> And is there is complete list of pkg in a category N for example? to find
> out the name of the pkg I need to install?
>

Assuming I understand what you're after:

1. You can just copy the pkg's you want to the hard drive, cd to the
appropriate directory on the hard drive and invoke pkgtool there.

2. Have a look at man installpkg


ken

serge_moscou wrote:

> hello
>
> / slack 11 /
>
> I tried to use pkgtool to install a pkg the name of which I don't know
> exactly.
>
> It seems that to find the pkg I need I must go through all the pkg the
> program proposes from A and to my pkg doing cancel, cancel cancel....next
> ,
> next next etc....
>
> Is this the right why or there is sth I miss?

No, you didn't miss anything. pkgtool is not well suited to what you are
trying to do.

> Can I just list the pkd's
> down ...?

Sure.
#ls *.tgz
(You cd'd to the right directory to start pkgtool anyway, right?)

> And is there is complete list of pkg in a category N for example? to find
> out the name of the pkg I need to install?
>
Sure.
#cd path_to_n
#ls *.tgz
or
#ls *clue*.tgz
or
#ls *.tgz | grep clue


> Thank you very much

You're very welcome. Now, five people have responded to your question. The
polite thing would be for you to acknowledge anyone who was helpful or to
clarify your question, if none of the responses helped.

--
Old Man

"I could be wrong again
I remember once in August 1993
I was wrong, and I could be wrong again" - Paul Simon