Software projects/OS/Slackware

Installation

• Format a 8G or more SD card with the Ext2 filesystem. To make explanations clear, name it SLACK.
• It's highly recommended to have a second partition formated as a swap. 256M or more is a good choice.
• Grab the latest rootfs here : http://
• Uncompress the rootfs on your SD. Be root, using su -, or sudo :

sudo tar -xpjvf myrootfs.tar.bz2 -C /media/SLACK/ --numeric-owner

First run

• Be sure your Pandora's clock is set. Otherwise, your filesystem will be checked.
• Power down your Pandora, insert the SD card in slot 1, and power on your unit.
• Login : op Password : op

Basic usage

• In order to type commands as root, you have to type su -. You can use just su, but i don't recommend it because you won't have the full root environment.

Basic tools

• To upgrade, become root using su -, then use slackpkg update, followed by slackpkg upgrade-all.
• To enable or disable services at boot, become root, then type pkgtool, then go in setup -> services, check the option with space then push enter.
• To choose a window manager when using the runlevel 4 (the default), become root and type xwmconfig.
• If you disabled the runlevel 4, you don't need to be root.

Installing a program

• Slackware archives are .tgz or .txz
• Slackware uses three powerful tools : installpkg, removepkg and upgradepkg.
• A fourth tool named makepkg build packages from compiled sources.

Build system

• It may look a bit messy for now (and indeed, some part have to be cleaned), but it's versatile, as i intended from the start.
• It's mainly two bash scripts.
• Depending on what you comment/uncomment, you can produce an alpha build, very minimal, or a full build.
• Depending on what you edit, you can use it to port any *NIX to Open Pandora, and maintain your build very easily.