Anita Lewis wrote:
% On Tue, 18 Dec 2001 02:26:31 +0000 (UTC), Anita Lewis wrote:
% > Sorry. Possibly a dumb question, but I saw a lot of Caldera stuff here and
% > just wondered if this list is distro specific.
%
% Wow, that sure generated a lot of replies! LOL. Thanks for the answer to
% the question and the humor.
Lots of that humor to be had here...
% I put Slack 3.3 on the laptop, just because it seemed like the easiest one
% to do a floppy install with on only 4Mb. That's been fun. So far I have
% the base system and a couple of programs from the AP section. Tonight I'll
% add stuff from N. There will obviously be no X on this machine. After that
% I'll be learning the slackware package manager which is "none" as I
% understand it. I would welcome input from our resident Slackware user/s on
% how to put mutt on there. It's not included in the N set of programs. Do I
% need to install any development programs in order to install mutt if I don't
% find it among the things with slack-3.3?
Slackware 3.3 is pretty old. The package management tools are
installpkg and removepkg, which are in the hdsetup package, at least
with current Slackware versions. Likewise, Slackware 8.0 puts mutt in
the mutt package. See the man pages for installpkg and removepkg, but
to install, for example, mutt, you become root and then do something
like:
# /sbin/isntallpkg /path/to/mutt-package
Other Slackware package management tools include pkgtool, upgradepkg,
makepkg, explodepkg, and setup, which is the system setup and
maintenance utility and gives you an option to perform package
maintenance.
Yes, if mutt is not available for Slackware 3.3, you will need to
install pieces from the development series in order to compile mutt
from source.
Kurt
--
The Kennedy Constant:
Don't get mad -- get even.
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