Slackware is an open source independent Linux-based operating system with the main goals of being stable and easy-to-use by novice and experienced users alike. It is a fully-featured distribution of Linux, equipped to serve in any capacity from machine-room server to desktop workstation.
Slackware provides users with its own software repositories, from where users can install numerous applications. The system includes out-of-the-box support for running a stable and reliable web, FTP or email server, as well as a wide collection of popular and open source desktop environments and applications.
The CD edition of the operating system comprises six discs. While the first one is used to install the base distribution, the second one includes the Xfce desktop environment. Here we are choosing the dos with the help of arrow keys. You will see the disk with free space and other options.
By default, the New will be select, therefore, just hit the Enter key. We need three partitions at least to properly work with Linux operating systems including Slackware that are root , home , and Swap. Thus, here we create the same. Step 2: You will see, the Setup will automatically detect the pariton we have created, thus just select it and perform quick format in ext4. Next, the setup will automatically ask you to set up the root partition, select the largest partition size, here we have 10GB, thus we are selecting the same.
Hit the enter button and format it with ext4. Let all the packages selected, it consists of a base Linux system, GUI desktop Linux kernel, application development tools, system libraries, basic games, and more… What you have to do is just pressing the Enter key. From this point, the system will automatically decompress and install all packages. Just follow the wizard for further configuration and setup. I recommend you let the default options selected and go forward simply using the Enter key.
When it asks to install Generic bootload- LILO , simply let the default option selected and get it installed automatically. We can perform network configuration later as well, however, if you want you can do that while installing it.
Select Yes. This will give you a pop-up, select the Force unmount option. Once you restart the VM you will see the OS selection screen, let the default OS selection which is our Slackware selected, and just hit the Enter key. Slackware's installer is English-only and it will also assume that English is the language in which you want to be addressed by the programs on your computer.
Now that you have Slackware running, you should consider spending a bit of time caring for your computer's good health. The software which was installed as part of the Slackware release you are running, may develop vulnerabilities over time.
When those vulnerabilities are critical to the health of your computer, then Slackware will usually publish a patched version of the software package. You have various options in order to keep your Slackware installation up-to-date.
It's not advised to make the process of applying security updates fully automatic, but it is possible to do so using a cron job. Your best option is to use slackpkg , which is a package manager on top of Slackware's own pkgtools. Before you can use slackpkg you will need to define an online mirror from which it will download updates to your computer.
Open the file in a text editor such as nano or vi and uncomment a single mirror URL. Make sure that the URL mentions the release number for the version of Slackware you are running! Also, pick a mirror which is close to you or of which you know it is fast.
When you have done that, you need to initialize slackpkg's database by running. You will need to update the slackpkg database from time to time, when you learn about the availability of new patches for your distribution.
After updating the database you can let it download and install the updates. Again, see the slackpkg page for guidelines about the use of this tool. The slackpkg update command will connect to a Slackware mirror and update the local package information database on your computer. This command does not actually install any package! The usual routine for upgrading your Slackware to the latest patches is as follows:. The Slackware Essentials book has a chapter about keeping up to date. It would be good if you read it now if you have not done so already.
The script uses a couple of defaults which you may want to change to suit your environment - such as the location where the script will download the patches to. Simply run the script once, and see what it reports:. You notice that you will have to edit the script and define a local directory and create that directory too! When that is done, you should run the script once - for a first-time download of patches. Then you can use cron to run the script once a day. For instance, schedule the script to run at every day, and let it check for updates to the bit version of Slackware Open the crontab editor by typing.
This command will be executed silently meaning you will not get emailed if no new patches are found. However when the script finds updates it will download them and email you the script's output. You will get an email like this:.
And then you know you have to update slackpkg and make it install the latest patches. This gives you control over your updates you decide when you update while being automatically warned about the availability of new patches which will already have been downloaded for you. If you installed the network packages, then at the end of the Slackware installation, you will have been asked a couple of simple questions, like:. If you want to read in more detail about how to configure your network, have a look at this online comprehensive guide to networking in Slackware.
On the assumption that you configured your wired connection with netconfig , your network should be connected automatically without the need for any post-installation configuration. Most common wireless hardware is supported by Linux these days. You can search online if your wireless hardware is supported by 3rd parties that have written Linux drivers.
If you want to know if your computer recognizes your wireless card, simply run. You can read a lot more about it in this wireless configuration guide. There is also the man page:. Unencrypted wireless connections are strongly discouraged. Open Source Consulting Domain Registration. Search Blogs. Mark Forums Read. User Name. Remember Me? Slackware - Installation This forum is for the discussion of installation issues with Slackware.
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