brokenman wrote:Please try using the package manager. It pulls packages from across 5 different slackware repositories. Open a terminal and elevate to root:
su (password is toor)
Thank you for bringing up usm. If I hadn't usually been successful with building from source or converting packages I found from pkgs.org, I would have reported the "not at all working" status of the package manager earlier. Here's what I see when I attempt to install audacity:
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root@porteus:~# usm -g audacity
/usr/bin/usm: line 133: [: too many arguments
/usr/bin/usm: line 169: [: too many arguments
Nothing found for: audacity
root@porteus:~# Usage: wget [OPTION]... [URL]...
Try `wget --help' for more options.
and here's what I get when I search for libid3tag:
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root@porteus:~# usm -s libid3tag
/usr/bin/usm: line 133: [: too many arguments
/usr/bin/usm: line 169: [: too many arguments
awk: fatal: cannot open file `/var/usm/sbo/SLACKBUILDS.TXT' for reading (No such file or directory)
Nothing found for libid3tag
Running usm always produces some errors.
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root@porteus:~# usm -v
/usr/bin/usm: line 133: [: too many arguments
You are using USM version: 3.1.7
Updating a database produces lots of errors, mostly missing files:
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root@porteus:~# usm -u slackware
/usr/bin/usm: line 133: [: too many arguments
/usr/bin/usm: line 169: [: too many arguments
Starting slackware database update
awk: fatal: cannot open file `/vercheck.txt' for reading (No such file or directory)
Downloading: CHECKSUMS.md5 DONE
Downloading: MANIFEST.bz2 DONE
Downloading: PACKAGES.TXT DONE
Downloading: LIBS.TXT.gz DONE
awk: fatal: cannot open file `/var/usm/slackware/CHECKSUMS.md5' for reading (No such file or directory)
md5sum: /var/usm/slackware/MANIFEST.bz2: No such file or directory
File verification was good.
Optimizing manifest
egrep: /var/usm/slackware/MANIFEST: No such file or directory
rm: cannot remove ‘/var/usm/slackware/MANIFEST’: No such file or directory
grep: /var/usm/slackware/LIBS.TXT: No such file or directory
sed: can't read /var/usm/slackware/LIBS.TXT: No such file or directory
grep: /var/usm/slackware/LIBS.TXT: No such file or directory
sed: can't read /var/usm/slackware/LIBS.TXT: No such file or directory
awk: fatal: cannot open file `/var/usm/slackware/PACKAGES.TXT' for reading (No such file or directory)
slackware database updated.
This weekend I urgently need to get audacity working, to help a friend. Let's begin by attempting to repair usm (it will be several hours before I can respond to any new suggestions). Perhaps some essential files were clobbered since I installed Porteus 3.0.
Thank you for your help!