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Post#1 by ajaxStardust » 27 Sep 2021, 00:32

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.

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Post#2 by ajaxStardust » 27 Sep 2021, 00:34

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.
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Post#3 by ajaxStardust » 27 Sep 2021, 00:35

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.
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Post#4 by francois » 29 Sep 2021, 02:04

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?
Prendre son temps, profiter de celui qui passe.

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Post#5 by Bicephale » 29 Sep 2021, 12:32

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

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Post#6 by Ed_P » 29 Sep 2021, 15:30

Complain, complain, complain. :)
ajaxStardust wrote:
27 Sep 2021, 00:35
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.

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#!/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. :(
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Post#7 by Bicephale » 30 Sep 2021, 07:23

Chop! Chop! Chop!

It doesn't "work"!...

Chop! Chop! Chop! :sos:

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Post#8 by ajaxStardust » 15 Sep 2023, 07:54

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!

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Post#9 by francois » 24 Sep 2023, 02:58

So what do you want now?
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Post#10 by ajaxStardust » 02 Jan 2024, 20:01

Bicephale wrote:
30 Sep 2021, 07:23
Chop! Chop! Chop!
A Dana Carvey reference? That seems a bit dated.
:%)

Otherwise, it seems pretty nonsensical. And rather a waste of any reader's time. hmph.
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Post#11 by Ed_P » 02 Jan 2024, 23:02

The new 5.0 approach is slapt-mod. :good:

First run a slapt-mod -u to create a current database, then run a slapt-mod -h for help how to use the app to create modules. :)
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