Slackware Archives - Cris' hacks

LILO fails to install on Slackware 15.0

Mar

13

2022

Some days ago I tried the new version of Slackware on my desktop (dual boot with Windows 10) and during the installation I ran into the following error: The key of the problem was all in the statement: Fatal: open /dev/nvm: No such file or directory Investigating the content of /etc/lilo.conf I found a quirk ...

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How to start a Bitnami stack at boot on Slackware

May

5

2019

Bitnami stacks are a sort of self-contained sets of applications that allow you to run server-side software without touching anything on your operating system. After the installation procedure all the needed stuff is located into a folder which can be also relocated, if necessary. Bitnami logo In my opinion these kind of tools are very ...

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Vbox-autoinstall: an easy way to install Oracle VirtualBox on GNU/Linux Slackware 4

Nov

24

2018

Hi folks! Last weekend I had to manually update VirtualBox on my laptop. As you can imagine, in these kind of situations my laziness takes over and then I almost suddenly start to think a smart way to get rid of the dirty job. So I ended up writing down a simple bash script to ...

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Kernel patches: added support for HTTP mirrors 2

May

24

2018

In the previous post I talked about my attempt to create a script to automate the kernel patches installation procedure on Slackware (stable) and I reported the quick ‘n’ dirty instructions to run it, with also a video demonstration. A few time after, a dear friend tried the script and he pointed out to me ...

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How to install kernel patches automatically on Slackware 4

Feb

10

2018

For some strange reason, some time ago, I started to write down a simple Bash script that only detected the presence of new kernel patches on Slackware stable and installed the respective packages. Then I tried to improve it until I reached the actual version. I’m not so experienced in Bash scripting, but I decided ...

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My Slackware configuration 5

Feb

11

2017

About a month ago I installed Slackware64 14.2 on my laptop, a Dell Inspiron 7537. After a long period spent with Fedora it was time to come back home, so I thought it would be a good thing to write down some system configuration highlights. Let’s see them together ;-) Initial steps after a full ...

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New GitHub account and some SlackBuilds updated

Nov

26

2016

As I said in the previous post, I was in doubt regarding the fact of continuing or not to provide prebuilt packages. Nowadays there are more tools that help Slackware users with the installation of third-party software, compared to the past. This applies both to the installation via SlackBuild scripts and the one from prebuilt ...

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New fresh SlackBuilds!

Aug

28

2016

Here we are! In the last period, during my spare time, I worked on various SlackBuilds. The first of these is I-Nex, a system information tool like the well-known Windows software CPU-Z. I had to wait to build it because it requires libprocps which was not included before the version 14.2 of Slackware. The second one ...

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Upgraded packages for Slackware 14.2

Jul

2

2016

Slackware 14.2 has been finally released, so I decided to (re)create some new prebuilt packages for this version. The packages (for which I also maintain the SlackBuild scripts at SlackBuilds.org) are libcpuid, libmseed and packETH. As usual, the packages are available for both 32 and 64 bit versions of Slackware and you can find them into ...

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libcpuid SlackBuild updated and new SlackBuild for libmseed

Dec

26

2015

A few news for this week. I’ve upgraded the libcpuid SlackBuild for version 0.2.2. You can find it on SlackBuilds.org. The procedure to build the package is the same as described into the second-last post of this blog. In addition I’ve created the SlackBuild script for libmseed. The Mini-SEED library provides a framework for manipulation ...

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