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Message from Steven
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Karolis wrote:
>
> > Since the opening screen said that Slackware 4 packages could be
> > installed I assumed that that included pkgtool.tgz - no it does
> > not work.
> 
> BL3 uses a really simplistic "pkg" command to install packages, 
> not installpkg.

Despite its "simplicity", pkg has no problem
installing that package (or any other package
from Slackware 4.0).  Installing Slackware
packages is simple:  untar from the top and 
then execute doinst.sh.

The problem here is that the Slackware pkgtool 
expects a Slackware base to work on -- in particular, 
it expects a pre-existing list of installed packages 
in /var/log.  BL3 does not have that.

Cheers,
Steven