installing a .tlz file tru installpkg

[icedtea]

hi is this possible? i have downloaded some packages in the VL repo with .tlz as an extension -- actually its Firefox.. BUT when i tried installing it using installpkg .. it does not continue. .

so how can i install a tlz file in VL? without using gslapt? -- (or do i really need to use this one)

[The Headacher]

BUT when i tried installing it using installpkg .. it does not continue. .

What VL version are you using (Please, do add this info to either your question or in your "signature"). Does trying to install give any errors whatsoever? if so, please post them!

so how can i install a tlz file in VL? without using gslapt?

Another command you can try is

Code:

upgradepkg -i somepackage.tlz

Is there any special reason why you downloaded it instead of using gslapt?

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I just noticed you have vl 5.1 in another topic. .tlz is only supported from version 5.8 and higher, so you got a package for a newer version of VL. Even if you installed all the necessary stuff to install .tlz packages you'll probably still run into a lot of trouble.
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[icedtea]

BUT when i tried installing it using installpkg .. it does not continue. .

What VL version are you using (Please, do add this info to either your question or in your "signature"). Does trying to install give any errors whatsoever? if so, please post them!

so how can i install a tlz file in VL? without using gslapt?

Another command you can try is

Code:

upgradepkg -i somepackage.tlz

Is there any special reason why you downloaded it instead of using gslapt?

[edit]
I just noticed you have vl 5.1 in another topic. .tlz is only supported from version 5.8 and higher, so you got a package for a newer version of VL. Even if you installed all the necessary stuff to install .tlz packages you'll probably still run into a lot of trouble.
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oh okay. yes im using VL 5.1 soho. so it means i cant install ffox.tlz in 5.1 because i have been looking for sites where i can download some VL 5.1 packages but as per searching the repo threads here i cant anymore access them. .

thanks for the reply

[saulgoode]

You can download and install a replacement for 'pkgtools' from the Tukaani project and, if you also install Tukaani's LZMA Utils, you will be able to install .tlz packages.

Please be aware that you might very well experience problems installing TLZ packages designed for use with VL 5.8 on a VL 5.1 system. Your 'ffox.tlz', for example, may require system libraries that are a newer version.

Nonetheless, Tukaani's PKGTOOLS provides some nice additional functionality -- it can setup Slackware mirrors and sites such as LinuxPackages.net to be "repositories" from which you can install packages directly -- and is (to my knowledge) a completely safe alternative. The LZMA Utils are also in and of themselves useful to have available.

There may be VL 5.1 versions of these two packages available. If so, you should probably use them instead of the ones provided by Tukaani.