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How to Install packages with slapt-get or gslapt in BackTrack 3

Once BackTrack is installed on the harddrive, open the menu and goto K -> BackTrack -> Penetration -> Fast Track
type:
./fast-track.py -i
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Enter the Fast-Track updates menu (1).
Update everything (9).
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After the update finishes, select the Installation menu (8).
Install everything (8).
Go back to the Installation menu, select Install Slapt-Get (1)
Install Slapt-Get (2), then select update SlackWare (1).
Exit (10)

Now, you can use slapt-get to install packages from the slackware repositories. For example, if you want to install mozilla-thunderbird:
Make sure it exists in the repositories:
slapt-get --search thunderbird
if you find it, use the install parameter to install:
slapt-get --install mozilla-thunderbird-2.0.0.21-i686-1

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you can also use the gui front-end for slapt-get, but it is broken by default in BT3. so let’s reinstall it:
slapt-get --install --reinstall gslapt

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9 Responses to “How to Install packages with slapt-get or gslapt in BackTrack 3”

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  4. How I Lost Thirty Pounds in Thirty Days Says:
    May 3rd, 2009 at 9:36 pm

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  5. JustJeff Says:
    May 4th, 2009 at 12:27 am

    Hello … Seems that Fast-Track has removed the Install slapt-get menu option. Do you have a work-around for Backtrack 4beta+…?

    Thanks,

  6. HydTech Says:
    May 4th, 2009 at 4:32 am

    havent tried BT4 yet. I’ll look into it when its officially released

  7. tyler Says:
    May 4th, 2009 at 11:33 pm

    hey, how do i install javascript for backtrack 3.

  8. Kj3k53 Says:
    July 17th, 2009 at 3:27 pm

    just enable it globally in NoScript

  9. jay Says:
    July 25th, 2009 at 10:35 pm

    slapt-get –install –reinstall gslapt when I try this line of code I get an error “Reading Package Lists… Done
    The following NEW packages will be installed:
    x11 gdk-pixbuf libpng slapt-get gslapt
    0 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
    Need to get 18MB of archives.
    After unpacking 55MB of additional disk space will be used.
    Get ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.2/ x11 6.8.2-i486-3 [17MB]…Failed to download: Server denied you to change to the given directory ” and nothing happens.

    Can you help me?

    Thanks for your post!

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