Re: Informal Distribution Survey

[Bruce Smith <bruce@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > I haven't looked at Slackware since 3.0.  Are they using RPM now, 
> > or are they still ".tgz" (tar) based?
> 
> Slackware still uses the .tgz extention, but you can install RPM (there is
> a mini HOW-TO) or you can use pkgtool which will install any new packages
> from a Slackware distribution.

Okay, that's fine for new packages in slackware, but what about
existing packages?  How do you remove an existing package that 
was installed during the initial Slackware install?  Does Slackware
have a tool to do this?

We did a Slackware 3.5 install last night at the meeting, and it went 
very well.  For example, one of the packages we installed was Emacs.  
How would the owner of the machine uninstall Emacs if he decides he 
doesn't want it today?

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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