MrCrispy Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 I'm not a Linux expert, but I don't think Slackware has a traditional package manager like Debian/Arch etc based distros. Is installing other software supported and if so how? The other option of course is not to clutter unRaid and affect the OS, and use a VM or Docker for this? Quote Link to comment
CHBMB Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Yes, you can, but you need to work out the dependencies and/or compile from source. Generally docker is the way forward rather than going down this route. Is there something in particular you want to install? Quote Link to comment
MrCrispy Posted June 7, 2017 Author Share Posted June 7, 2017 Still new to Linux but am enjoying finding cool stuff. I found jdupes/fdupes to find duplicates. I think there is a script/plugin for this somewhere? Is there a docker which gives you a minimal Linux shell? But it wouldn't have access to the main OS right? e.g if I want to run htop. Quote Link to comment
bonienl Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 One of the main reasons why Docker was introduced is to get rid of the dependency nightmare, which caused many issues in the past. Users are strongly encouraged to go the Docker way. Quote Link to comment
CHBMB Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 htop is installed in Unraid. Quote Link to comment
CHBMB Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 I agree with @bonienl all the way, having said that you can pretty much install what you want if you know how. But slackware isn't the friendliest of distros in that regard. Quote Link to comment
garycase Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 You could, of course, simply create a VM with whatever distro you want to use (e.g. Debian) and then run whatever you want within that VM ... completely isolated from UnRAID. Quote Link to comment
CHBMB Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 I'd go one further on what @garycase suggests and change the word "could" to "should" honestly, it'll be much easier. However, it would be helpful if you gave us more details on what you want to accomplish, then we can suggest the best way to proceed. Slackware is definitely not for the faint hearted. I can muddle through the bits I need, but that's as far as I want to go. Having said that I need to try installing Arch from scratch at some point and my understanding is that's easier than Slackware or Gentoo. Quote Link to comment
soder Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 Sorry for hijacking this thread, but it kind of was about the same thing I wonder. I've for many years used LibreELEC for my media, and I've got this program https://github.com/1100101/Automatic as an addon running in LibreELEC. Now I've switched to unRAID as server, and got a VERO 4k running OSMC instead, and I kind of want to use the same program. Is there a way having it as a docker, or just run the program, in unRAID? /Söder Quote Link to comment
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