clone_multilib_Slackware_repo_lftp

Clone Slackware multilib mirror to a local folder using lftp

Default mirror: http://bear.alienbase.nl/mirrors/people/alien/multilib

Alternative - Use rsync

https://github.com/ryuuzaki42/13_clone_multilib_Slackware_repo_rsync

Use:

$ ./clone_Slackware_multilib_lftp_JBs.sh

You can chose:

• the Slackware version (e.g., 14.1, 14.2, current)
• the architecture (32 or 64 bits)
• with md5 checksum or not

Enabling multilib # After the clone - download #

* This procedure will also work if you already had a multilib setup and have upgraded your Slackware to a newer release (new compat32 packages will be installed and existing ones will be upgraded).

1 Open the terminal as root in the downloaded folder (e.g. 14.2)

2 You will need upgrade your 64bit Slackware gcc and glibc packages to their multilib versions by running the command below as root. This also install a new package called "compat32-tools"

# upgradepkg --reinstall --install-new *.t?z

3 Now you need to install 32-bit compatibility packages to support all the 32-bit programs you may want to run.

# upgradepkg --install-new slackware64-compat32/*-compat32/*.t?z

4 You need to reboot because of the glibc upgrade.

Done : D!

You can test if the all packages was installed/upgraded

In a update of multilib, for example, or just for test. Change "Version" for the version you want to test

$ testPackagesInstalled_JBs.sh Version