Removing multilib

Posted: 2017-04-07 | Author: | Filed under: system | Tags: , , , , , | Leave a comment

I came to the point where I no longer needed a multilib system, at least on one of my computers. I rarely use Adobe Acrobat Reader, I have Skype running on my phone and, there’s of course ZeroUno’s package if I happen to need Skype on my computer. I decided to simply use slackpkg, to clean up the system and revert to the gcc-* and glibc-* packages from the original installation.
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SlackOnly as a main third-party repository

Posted: 2015-11-02 | Author: | Filed under: slackbuilds, system | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments

I decided to try using SlackOnly as my primary source of third-party software. My system is Slackware64 -multilib and all settings below take this into account. I manage the official Slackware updates and AlienBob’s multilib layer with slackpkg, complemented by it’s extension slackpkg+. Read the rest of this entry »

MATE SlackBuilds

Posted: 2014-07-05 | Author: | Filed under: desktop | Tags: , , , , , | Leave a comment

I have been following the development of the MATE SlackBuilds (MSB) project for quite some time. Finally, I decided to give MATE a try. I wanted to have a relatively clean system before I install, since some of the packages provided by MSB are also available at SlackBuilds.org. Read the rest of this entry »

slackpkg+

Posted: 2013-03-30 | Author: | Filed under: desktop, system | Tags: , , | 3 Comments

Some time ago I stumbled upon a very interesting discussion at LQ about using slackpkg with third party repositories. Down in the posts, zerouno wrote about a plugin for slackpkg that apparently can do that. So, I downloaded the beta version from here, installed it and decided to give it a try. Read the rest of this entry »