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Basically the most awesome thing ever.
Posted: 27 Sep 2021, 00:32
by 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.
Basically the most awesome thing ever.
Posted: 27 Sep 2021, 00:34
by 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.
Basically the most awesome thing ever.
Posted: 27 Sep 2021, 00:35
by 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.
Basically the most awesome thing ever.
Posted: 29 Sep 2021, 02:04
by 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?
Basically the most awesome thing ever.
Posted: 29 Sep 2021, 12:32
by Bicephale
Some win, others loose. Chop! Chop! Chop!
Basically the most awesome thing ever.
Posted: 29 Sep 2021, 15:30
by Ed_P
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.
Basically the most awesome thing ever.
Posted: 30 Sep 2021, 07:23
by Bicephale
Chop! Chop! Chop!
It doesn't "work"!...
Chop! Chop! Chop!
Basically the most awesome thing ever.
Posted: 15 Sep 2023, 07:54
by 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!
Basically the most awesome thing ever.
Posted: 24 Sep 2023, 02:58
by francois
So what do you want now?
Basically the most awesome thing ever.
Posted: 02 Jan 2024, 20:01
by ajaxStardust
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.
Cheers!
Basically the most awesome thing ever.
Posted: 02 Jan 2024, 23:02
by Ed_P
The new 5.0 approach is slapt-mod.
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.