Nope. And it's been about a year since I last used Slackware. In my opinion, it's just not worth the trouble. In between Centos, Debian stable and the BSD's, I think there's a stable OS which will handle it's own damn dependencies for just about any purpose.
I guess now it's either dive in and try to fix things, reinstall and try to do it right when you've got a clean install or hop on to a different OS.
Nope. And it's been about a year since I last used Slackware. In my opinion, it's just not worth the trouble. In between Centos, Debian stable and the BSD's, I think there's a stable OS which will handle it's own damn dependencies for just about any purpose.
I guess now it's either dive in and try to fix things, reinstall and try to do it right when you've got a clean install or hop on to a different OS.
May I ask what exactly you're trying to set up?
I was trying to install snort-2.9.0.4 on Ubuntu 10.04. I'm a fucking retard anyways, been to busy lately to notice they released Deb6.0 a couple weeks ago. Been waiting on it since I'm on a netbook.
Isn't no automatic package management the main selling point for Slackware?
Yes, but that doesn't mean I have to like it.
It's not that I don't see the point, I do, I just don't like it. I get the point of having a locked down preconfigured OS like OSX, doesn't mean I like it. At the moment I have no reason to spend the extra days needed to turn slackware into what I want, the added reliability does not justify the added time for anything I'm doing.
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That convinced me of the need of a good package manager.
I will never again use a distro without a good dependency-handling package manager as a desktop. Never.
As a server? MAYBE if I need a mission critical server which won't need much applications to do it's job.
Fuck I want to stab myself. Ended up breaking other shit and couldn't get it to work anyways. ARRRRRGH!
Got any experience with Snort?
Nope. And it's been about a year since I last used Slackware. In my opinion, it's just not worth the trouble. In between Centos, Debian stable and the BSD's, I think there's a stable OS which will handle it's own damn dependencies for just about any purpose.
I guess now it's either dive in and try to fix things, reinstall and try to do it right when you've got a clean install or hop on to a different OS.
May I ask what exactly you're trying to set up?
I was trying to install snort-2.9.0.4 on Ubuntu 10.04. I'm a fucking retard anyways, been to busy lately to notice they released Deb6.0 a couple weeks ago. Been waiting on it since I'm on a netbook.
Oh happy days, fuck you ubuntu.
Ever heard of slackpkg? It comes on the Slackware CD. I'm not huge on Slackware, but I've taken notice to this tool.
I have. It does not resolve dependencies.
Yes, but that doesn't mean I have to like it.
It's not that I don't see the point, I do, I just don't like it. I get the point of having a locked down preconfigured OS like OSX, doesn't mean I like it. At the moment I have no reason to spend the extra days needed to turn slackware into what I want, the added reliability does not justify the added time for anything I'm doing.
Ah, yes, my bad. Found something called slapt-get that does though.