====== MY Slackware Install ======

Installation notes (i.e. packages, configs).

**LastUpdated20250112**

===== Basic Install =====

Using Slackware installer.

  * official packages (''getslack'') 
    * checkout my ''getslack'' [[https://azman.unimap.edu.my/dokuwiki/doku.php?do=export_code&id=linux:slack_1repo&codeblock=0|config file]]
    * without kde (AND xfce if going DE-less)
    * ''removepkg gnuchess xaos xsnow''
    * ''removepkg joe nano vim-gvim slackpkg''
  * setup/config
    * sample elilo.conf <file shell elilo.conf>
prompt
#chooser=simple
timeout=50
default=Slack
image=vmlinuz-huge
        label=SlackHuge
        read-only
        append="root=/dev/sda2 resume=/dev/sda4 vga=normal"
image=vmlinuz
        label=Slack
        initrd=initrd.gz
        read-only
        append="root=/dev/sda2 resume=/dev/sda4 vga=normal"
</file>
    * make sure vim does not create backups (edit ''/usr/share/vim/vimrc'')
      * or, run ''vimstart'' (from my1shell repo)
    * dmesg no longer allowed for user
      * append ''rc.local'' <- ''echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/dmesg_restrict''
      * or, run ''setup_slack'' (from my1shell repo)
  * additional packages (''getslackpack'')
    * checkout my ''getslackpack'' [[https://azman.unimap.edu.my/dokuwiki/doku.php?do=export_code&id=linux:slack_1repo&codeblock=1|config file]] and [[https://azman.unimap.edu.my/dokuwiki/doku.php?do=export_code&id=linux:slack_1repo&codeblock=2|repository list]]
    * (alien) openjdk libreoffice libreoffice-dict-en"
  * additional packages (''getslackbuild'')
    * ''slackware-xdm-theme''
    * ''geany unrar''
    * ''nss-mdns avahi libdaemon''
    * actually, scripts from slackbuilds.org ([[https://codeberg.org/azman/my1slackbuilds|commonly used]])

===== DE-less config =====

This is what I do for a ''lean'' (not necessarily minimal, but trimmed to my liking) installation.

  * setup acpi from my personal script
  * additional packages (''getslackbuild'')
    * ''dmenu slock st wmname''
    * ''rox-filer pmount''
  * custom [[https://dwm.suckless.org|dwm]] build
    * using my own [[https://codeberg.org/azman/my1slackbuild/src/branch/master/dwm.SlackBuild|build script]] (which has personalized patches)

===== Updating =====

To maintain:

  * run [[https://codeberg.org/azman/my1shell/src/branch/master/slack-update|slack-update]]
    * this actually runs 3 scripts  (''getslack'',''getslackpack'',''getslackbuild'')
  * run [[https://codeberg.org/azman/my1shell/src/branch/master/slackpath|slackpatch]] (if required) 
  * run [[https://codeberg.org/azman/my1shell/src/branch/master/getslackbuild|getslackbuild build -x -i]] (if required)

Sample configuration files for the above scripts are [[linux:slack_1repo|here]].