Basically the most awesome thing ever.

[ajaxStardust]

So. it just doesn't make sense how nice and fast and no messed up nonsense this is. i really didn't want to have to learn a new way of installing packages, but... i dunno man. this is super awesome.

[ajaxStardust]

and i'm not being tracked (as much as a person can legitimately expect to not be tracked these days) and i don't have to worry about any bs. this is exactly what it needs to be. :applause: very well done, ladies and gentlemen.

[ajaxStardust]

i don't have the package manager. can anyone assist me with that? i understand the distro i installed didn't come with it. please help. [edit] i know that's no way to behave in a forum like this. i am old and haven't done this in a long time. i'm just excited over how slick this distro is!

Can anyone point me in the right direction to get the USM (package/module manager) installed on my system, please? Should I start over with a fresh install of an earlier version of Porteus? I like this, and I want to make it work.

[francois]

Hello ajax-etc:

Welcome to porteus linux forum.

Are you working with porteus v.5 or v.4?

The package manager was USM. Alas, it is now obsolete. There are other ways to build packages or modules for porteus. Which packages do you need?

[Bicephale]

Some win, others loose. Chop! Chop! Chop!

[Ed_P]

Complain, complain, complain.

Can anyone point me in the right direction to get the USM (package/module manager) installed on my system, please? Should I start over with a fresh install of an earlier version of Porteus? I like this, and I want to make it work.

USM has been dropped from Porteus 5.0rc* and USM has updating problems in 4.0 to which this script helps.

Code: Select all

#!/bin/sh
# https://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php?p=82013#p82013

function Title() {
  echo -en "\033]0;$1\a";
}
Title "USM Update"
if [ `whoami` != "root" ]; then
  echo "Enter root's password" $(tput bold)$(tput setaf 1)  # 1-red, 2-green, 6-cyan, 7-white
  su -c "sh $0 $1 $2"; exit
fi 
echo $(tput sgr0)

if [ ! -e /etc/usm/usm.conf.bkup ]; then
   cp /etc/usm/usm.conf /etc/usm/usm.conf.bkup
fi

sed -i 's^patches slacky salix^patches        salix^' /etc/usm/usm.conf

usm -u all

rm --force /var/usm/slacky/*
touch /var/usm/slacky/{CHECKSUMS.md5,LIBS.TXT,OPTIFEST,PACKAGES.TXT};
#https://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php?p=82046#p82046usm/slacky

echo "ls /var/usm/slacky/"
ls /var/usm/slacky/
echo "ls /var/lock/usm*"
ls /var/lock/usm*
rm --force /var/lock/usm.*

cp /etc/usm/usm.conf.bkup /etc/usm/usm.conf
echo "USM Update done."
echo "Press Enter to exit"
read

The USM author is no longer maintaining it and noone else taken it over. And the pandemic has impacted some of the mirrors.

[Bicephale]

Chop! Chop! Chop!

It doesn't "work"!...

Chop! Chop! Chop!

[ajaxStardust]

hi guys. sorry for the late late late reply.

i don't really recall what happened. i think i was using it to do surgery on a windows box. and then got hit w/ O/T at work.

in any case, your advisories are much appreciated, and i hope you all are well!

Cheers!

[francois]

So what do you want now?