setup

NAME

       setup - Slackware system setup tool.

SYNOPSIS

       setup

DESCRIPTION

       setup  is  the system installation and setup tool provided
       with the Slackware Linux distribution. There are two  main
       versions of it: /sbin/setup.tty (the text output version),
       and /usr/lib/setup/hdsetup (the  full  screen  color  ver-
       sion).  One  or  the  other  of  these is likely linked to
       /sbin/setup, depending on which one you used to install in
       the first place. You can change this, or use the full path
       of the version you wish to run.

       setup is usually used to install  software  packages  from
       your  hard drive, a CD, NFS, or floppy disks. It is also a
       frontend for pkgtool and many configuration  scripts  that
       come  with  various  packages,  such  as the scripts which
       allow you to install LILO, configure  your  timezone,  set
       your keyboard fonts, make bootdisks, and many other tasks.

OPTIONS

       HELP   Read the setup help file.

       KEYMAP Change your keyboard map to one  of  many  interna-
              tional  and  specialized  keymaps available.  NOTE:
              This change will not become permanent unless you go
              through the CONFIGURE option.

       QUICK  Select   between  QUICK  and  VERBOSE  installation
              modes. In QUICK mode, you get a menu at the  begin-
              ning of each disk set that you can select the pack-
              ages you  want  from.  You  won't  get  much  of  a
              description  of  what each package does, though. In
              VERBOSE mode (the default),  you  are  prompted  on
              whether  to  install  any  recommended  or optional
              package and will be given a full description of the
              package.   VERBOSE  mode  is recommended for begin-
              ners.

       MAKE TAGS
              This allows you to write  out  custom  tagfiles.  A
              tagfile  is a list of package names followed by one
              of these tags:  ADD  (required),  SKP  (skip),  REC
              (recommended)  or,  OPT (optional). These allow you
              to completely automate your software  installation.
              You can either put these files on the first disk of
              each disk series (optionally using a custom 3 char-
              acter  extension),  or  in  a custom location alto-
              gether, such as on a floppy disk  in  ./a1,  ./ap1,
              ./d1,  ..., directories.  The format of a line in a
              tagfile is like this:

       package: TAG

       SOURCE Select your source media, such as hard  disk,  NFS,
              CD,  or floppy. You should select installation from
              a directory if your CD or NFS directory has already
              been  mounted,  as  it  probably is if you're using
              setup on your hard drive.

       TARGET Select your target directory. For testing purposes,
              you  may  install the packages to a directory other
              than '/'. Don't expect  them  to  run  from  there,
              though.

       DISK SETS
              Select  the  disk sets you want to install. You can
              also install custom disk sets by  tagging  the  CUS
              selection.  The  disk  sets must be Slackware-like:
              they require the diskxxx?  index on each disk, such
              as  diskxyz1  for the first disk of the XYZ series.
              On the last  disk  there  must  be  a  file  called
              install.end to signal the end of the disk series.

       INSTALL
              Once you've gone through SOURCE and DISK SETS ( and
              possibly TARGET ), then you select this  choice  to
              go  on  with  the  software installation. You'll be
              asked what type of tagfiles you  want  to  use  and
              then  pkgtool  will  be called to install the soft-
              ware.

       CONFIGURE
              This option runs through several scripts that  con-
              figure  various aspects of your Linux system. These
              might include LILO installation, timezone  configu-
              ration, and other things.

       PKGTOOL
              This option calls the pkgtool(8) utility for you.

       EXIT   Exit the setup program.

AUTHOR

       Patrick J. Volkerding <volkerdi@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu>

SEE ALSO

       makepkg(8),  installpkg(8),  explodepkg(8),  removepkg(8),
       pkgtool(8)