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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

> > Carl Reaburn wrote:
> > > /sbin<#>ls
> > BL1:  Slackware 3.5 kernels/modules   Slackware 3.5 packages
> > BL2:  Slackware 7.1 kernels/modules   Slackware 7.1 packages
> > BL3   Slackware 7.1 kernels/modules   Slackware 4.0 packages
> I did use slackware 7.1, bugger!  Now how the hell am I going to get it all 
> out again?  I don't suppose there is an uninstall?

Put tcpip2.tgz on your computer.  Go to that directory and type d (or 
links .) or type d followed by the path to that file, to get a list of all 
the files in that directory.  Arrow down, hit Enter key, which will list 
all the files in the package and where they end up (except sometimes some 
of them are moved around and symlinks made by an install script 
doinst.sh).  They are probably in just a few directories and you can 
either delete the entire directory if nothing else is in there, or delete 
using *.

You can use the same technique, after installing a package, to remove the 
parts you do not need (such as ytalk - used for chat between two users on 
your system), but first type ldd ipwdadm to make sure you don't need any 
of them  - it will list libraries that you need.  If you did not see 
anything in a library directory you may not need to do this.

Or you can in some cases just extract the parts you want with tar but 
someone else will have to explain how as it did not work for me.  You can 
put the file in /tmp or somewhere else where it is not going to get mixed 
up with other things, then tar -zxvf tcpip2.tgz and extract it all with 
the directory structure that it needs (but under /tmp) and then copy over 
the pieces you want and delete the stuff in /tmp when you are done 
(/tmp/usr/sbin etc.)  I do this but Steven says it is likely to cause 
problems and he prefers to install the whole package.  (Fine if you have 
the space but I don't always).


> Do I use slackware 7.1 or 4 for the kernel?  I used 7.1 and matched the 
> package to the kernel.
Both use kernel 2.2.16 - no difference.
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