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Where are the recommended places to get packages?
The two major repositories:
Slackware's Contributors:
For installing straight from the source tarball, look into src2pkg.
How should I run 32-bit software in my 64-bit installation?
http://connie.slackware.com/~alien/multilib/
When will the third edition of the Slackware Book be available?
According to The Revised Slackware Book Project website, "in a few more months."
One of the Slackware Book's authors, Alan Hicks, discussed the third edition's status in an interview on Hacker Public Radio.
This is all the information available to those not directly involved in the Slackware Book project.
How do I make KDE 4 faster?
Disable strigi and nepomuk. The options are in KDE's System Settings.
How do I figure out package dependencies?
The truth is that you're not supposed to. The first time you logged into your new Slackware installation, you received an email explaining, among other things, Slackware's approach to package management:
Slackware is designed around the idea that the system should be a complete installation kept updated with any official patches. This avoids the mess of dependencies that some other Linux based GNU systems face.
That being said, if you have a pre-compiled binary from a third party package (or you broke your system) you can check a libraries linked to the binary with
objdump -x <your binary file> | grep NEEDED
or
readelf -d <your binary file> | grep NEEDED
or
ldd <your binary file>
You would then have to search for the packages containing these library files. This will not track runtime dependencies! That is, dependencies not needed when the program was compiled but is an external program that the package executes at runtime.
If you are looking for a general good source for package dependencies, the T2 Project maintains a good list.
How do I get Slackware to boot straight into X?
Edit /etc/inittab and replace:
id:3:initdefault:
with
id:4:initdefault:
Which groups do I need to belong to?
When adduser asks you this question, press the Up cursor key. It will automatically populate the list.
Typically, you want to belong to:
- audio - access to audio devices
- cdrom - access to cdroms/dvds
- floppy - access to floppy drives
- plugdev - access to flash drives
- video - access to framebuffer devices (/dev/fb0)
- power - allows users to control HAL suspend, hybernate, and shutdown
- netdev - allows users to control wicd for wireless networking
How do I get MIDI working?
You will find a one-stop solution here:
http://www.vcn.bc.ca/~dugan/timidity/
How do I get Gnome?
There are at least four third-party projects providing GNOME for Slackware:
- Gnome SlackBuild (gnomeslackbuild.org)
- Gnome Slacky (slacky.eu)
- GWARE (gware.org)
- Dropline Gnome (www.dropline.net)
These vary widely in terms of how up-to-date they are, how they provide support, how much software they include, and how much they modify the standard Slackware installation.
How do I play encrypted DVDs?
Install libdvdcss. It is available from most sites that offer SlackBuilds or packages, as well as its official site. Xine will then be able to play encrypted DVDs.
How do I make my Arial font look like an Arial font?
Slackware, being a commercial product, cannot ship with Microsoft's core fonts for the web. These include Arial, Courier and Times New Roman. Instead, Slackware displays Liberation fonts (Liberation Sans, Liberation Mono and Liberation Serif, respectively) in their place.
To change this, you need to install Microsoft's web core fonts from a third party repository such as SlackBuilds.org, remove the Fontconfig file doing the substitution (it's /etc/fonts/conf.d/60-liberation.conf), and run fc-cache to refresh Fontconfig.
How do I keep my GTK theme when I'm not in Xfce?
Either run xfsettingsd in the background, or use a GTK theme switcher. Examples are gtk-chtheme and LXAppearance.
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