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Slackware is a free and open source Linux distribution. It was one of the earliest operating systems to be built on top of the Linux kernel and is the oldest currently being maintained (it was created by Patrick Volkerding in 1993).

Slackware aims for design stability and simplicity, and to be the most "Unix-like" Linux distribution, making as few modifications as possible to software packages from upstream and using plain text files and a small set of shell scripts for configuration and administration.

he name "Slackware" stems from the fact that the distribution started as a private side project with no intended commitment. To prevent it from being taken too seriously at first, Volkerding gave it a humorous name, which stuck even after Slackware became a serious project.

Latest version: 14.2 (2016-07-01)

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Eclipse hangs on startup

I have problem with running my Eclipse. I tried 3.7, 4.2 and 4.3 versions with java 6 and java 7. Nothing can help me. It shows me popup screen but it doesn't start to load( I dont have chance to choose workspace). Starting it with -debug -console…
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Would dropping X altogether hurt?

I live in the linux terminal all the time under my slackware GNU/linux system (an EeePC). By default, GNU Emacs won't start if It can't find several Xorg libraries. Assuming I will never use X software at all, would it make sense for me to drop all…
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How to acquire expat.h for the compilation of git?

I need install git (v 2.0) on slackware 14. I experience an error during $ make install prefix=/usr/local run in the source root: LINK git-http-fetch CC http-push.o http-push.c:17:19: fatal error: expat.h: No such file or directory #include…
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C compiler not found, but GCC is installed

I have a fresh install of a Slackware64 14.0 on a dedicate server and I'm having a hard time to compile nginx. ./configure (my options) returns checking for OS + Linux 3.10.23-xxxx-std-ipv6-64 x86_64 checking for C compiler ... not…
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compiling the 2.6.0 kernel on slackware

out of sheer curiosity I tried compiling a 2.6.0 kernel on my slackware machine. root@darkstar:/home/linux-2.6.0# uname -a Linux darkstar 2.6.37.6-smp #2 SMP Sat Apr 9 23:39:07 CDT 2011 i686 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8600 @ 2.40GHz…
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Compiling error with ACE lib on Slackware 14.2 64 bit

I'm trying to compile ACE lib but I have errors compiling. My Linux system is Slackware 14.2 64 bit The lib is ACE version 6.1.4 (the version that I need to compile) Before to post this I have followed all the steps for to build ACE from ACE…
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Is PostgreSQL 9.0 JDBC driver working well with 64 bit java?

I've been struggling with getting James Mail Server to work with PostgreSQL on a 64bit Slackware 13.1. Are there any known problems with the driver under 64 bit linux and 64bit java ? I have the same server running fine on a 32bit Slackware again…
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wkhtmltopdf doesn't render custom font properly, works perfect in the browser

I am using Century Gothic font in my HTML and then converting it in to PDF. It works perfectly on my mac, but on my Slackware 14.1 server, when I convert the HTMl in to the PDF, the font is not rendered as smoothly as it should be. I read several…
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Which Eclipse version to install on Linux for PHP development

I have Slackware 12.1 and wish to try out Eclipse for PHP/HTML/JavaScript development. However, it seems I'm facing myriad of possible options and I'd hate to miss the best thing and give up on Eclipse (I'm currently using Geany, but I'm missing…
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"thread apply all bt full" gives blank in GDB

I was trying to debug a multi-threaded process on a Linux server running Slackware 12 using GDB 6.6. Once I attach and issue the command "thread apply all bt full" it comes back with nothing ( back on to the gdb prompt ). Any idea why this happens?
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Java's 'tnameserv' takes 3+ minutes to be "Ready", why?

I'm trying to help a dev of an app I'd like to use trouble shoot a problem utilizing Corba Server on Linux. I narrowed down the problem to tnameserv taking over 3 minutes to become ready after invocation. What exactly is tnameserv trying to do in…
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Mount /var on ramdisk at boot - Bash Script Issue

I have an embedded device where i need to put my /var and /tmp in ram in order to diminish the number of writes on the drive (Compact flash). I know how to do it with /tmp as i don't have to recover anything whenever i reboot or shutdown. But the…
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Installing Docker on Slackware 15

I previously followed the instructions here: https://docs.slackware.com/howtos:cloud:docker to install docker on my Slackware 14.2 box. I've got a new setup with Slackware 15 and it doesn't work - because there's no Slackbuilds support for 15…
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lx86cl: No such file or directory common clozure lisp

I am on a slackware and I have successfully installed common clozure lisp but when running ccl in shell prompt I have the following error message: > /usr/local/bin/ccl64: line 81: /usr/local/bin//lx86cl64: No such file > or directory > …
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Emacs can not activate fcitx

I can use fcitx normally in all of other programs. But I can't not use fcitx in Emacs which means I can not switch to other input method such as Chinese input method. I tried a lot and Googled a lot didn't find solution. This confuses me a lot! I…
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