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  1. 04-28-2007 #1
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    install Slackware-Current from scratch

    presently i am running Gentoo Linux. i keep my system as single booted and now i want to install Slackware-Current as i need gcc 4.x for the project i will work on + i want to have 2.6 kernel whereas Slackware 11 has gcc 3.x and 2.4 kernel.

    i tried Google and archives of different forums forums but did not get any information on how to install Slackware-Current from scratch. any ideas or pointers to information ?

    thanks
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  2. 04-29-2007 #2
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    I've never tried it, and don't know if it works or if it's still active, but check here:

    http://freshmeat.net/projects/slackftp/
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    Any reason you can not install 11 and then upgrade it to -current?
    Looking for a distro? Look here.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bryansmith View Post
    Any reason you can not install 11 and then upgrade it to -current?
    Is it posible to upgrade to GCC 4.x (from Slackware 11) without breaking the installed system ?

    (i say so because i guess, GCC upgrade will demand for GLIBC upgrade and that is the basic system on which every distro is built)
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    What I did was just downloaded the up to date iso, This guy make a new one every monday.

    Here is the link: ftp://ftp.slackware.no/pub/linux/ISO...ent-ISO-build/

    Best of luck!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by geek.arnuld View Post
    Is it posible to upgrade to GCC 4.x (from Slackware 11) without breaking the installed system ?

    (i say so because i guess, GCC upgrade will demand for GLIBC upgrade and that is the basic system on which every distro is built)
    See ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackwar...nt/UPGRADE.TXT
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