Recently I wrote about Septor Linux. In this tutorial, we’ll see how to install Slackware 15 Linux on Computer as main OS.
Slackware Linux is the most ancient living Linux distribution, considered the first choice for real, or for old school, hackers and most professional sysadmins, I think Slackware is the safest and faster Linux distribution. Slackware is the most Unix like Linux distribution, sharing basics with BSD.
Slackware's installation is a bit more simplistic than that of most other Linux distributions and is very reminiscent of installing one of the varieties of BSD operating systems. If you're familiar with those, you should feel right at home. If you've never installed Slackware or used a distribution that makes use of a non-graphical installer, you may feel a bit overwhelmed at first. Don't panic! The installation is very easy once you understand it, and it works on just about any x86 platform.
Many people don’t use it due to how difficult it is to install. Due to how complicated the installation process is, we’ve decided to create a step-by-step walkthrough that will help you install Slackware Linux.
PRE-REQUISITES
The requirements to install Slackware Linux are:
INSTALL SLACKWARE LINUX
Step 1: Insert the USB flash drive into your computer.
Step 2: While the system would restart and initialize start pressing F9 (or Del or F10 or F12 or Esc) to display Boot Menu. The key could be different on different make and model, try other keys as per Make and Model of your machine.
Step 3: From the Boot Menu, select Flash Drive as Boot Device and Hit Enter. It may be at different serial number in different systems. Wait for the system to Boot from the Flash Drive.
Step 4: Press Enter when meeting the first screen shown below.
Step 5: To continue using the US map, just hit Enter or Entering 1 and will give you a list of keyboard mappings. Simply select the mapping that matches your keyboard type and continue on.
Step 6: Login as root .
Step 7: To list all disk on your computer enter fdisk -l
Step 8: Enter fdisk <path to drive> (in my case /dev/sda ).
Step 9: For new computers enter g to create a new empty GPT partition table or select o to create a new empty DOS partition table for old ones.
Step 15: Now we will Create partition 2 with remaining space in the disk and will be used as the main partition, so Enter n to add new partition.
Step 26: Select the Install Linux partition that you defined before.
Step 27: Now, you be asked whether you want to format the root partition. Since we have just created the partition, we need to format it.
Step 28: Select ext4 as the filesystem to use for Slackware, then press Enter to finalize your choice.
Step 30: After the disks have been prepared, the installation options need to be configured. First, you need to specify the source of installation. In our case, it is the USB Flash drive.
Step 34: Installation will begin.
Step 37: When loading, LILO can display a splash logo. You can decide how detail-rich the logo is. Very old computers might have problems with the extra graphics.
Step 38: Next, you might need to define extra parameters. For most people, this option is Klingon and should not meddle. Those who do understand and use these extra parameters most likely do not need this guide. Just hit Enter to proceed.
Step 42: You will need to setup your network services. For most users, the default choice will be adequate. However, if you intend to run a web server, a mail server or any other custom service, you might need to enable some other options, too. Be aware that extra services mean more "open" ports, less security.
Step 44: We need to setup our hardware clock and time zone next.
Step 47: It’s time to set the default desktop environment. so I will choose KDE Plasma Desktop.
Step 48: Root password is the next step. Needless to say, you should choose a strong password.
Step 49: Congratulations, your setup is now complete, press Enter.
Step 50: You’ll be back to the main menu, go to EXIT and press Enter.
Step 51: Press OK .
Step 52: Now reboot and your new system will start.
Step 53: After a few moments your operating system will load. But be prepared for a BIG surprise. Slackware does NOT automatically load into the graphical environment, so it's will ask you for login, the only user on your computer is root, Login as root .
Step 54: Next add your password.
I hope you enjoy Slackware!
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Slackware's installation is a bit more simplistic than that of most other Linux distributions and is very reminiscent of installing one of the varieties of BSD operating systems. If you're familiar with those, you should feel right at home. If you've never installed Slackware or used a distribution that makes use of a non-graphical installer, you may feel a bit overwhelmed at first. Don't panic! The installation is very easy once you understand it, and it works on just about any x86 platform.
Many people don’t use it due to how difficult it is to install. Due to how complicated the installation process is, we’ve decided to create a step-by-step walkthrough that will help you install Slackware Linux.
PRE-REQUISITES
The requirements to install Slackware Linux are:
- A hard drive of at least 10GB.
- At least 1GB of RAM.
- A decently fast CPU.
- USB drive to boot from USB.
DOWNLOAD SLACKWARE LINUX AND ETCHER TOOL
You need an ISO image of slackware Linux. You can Download it from the Official slackware Linux download page. You also need a 16GB USB Flash drive which will be used as a bootable installation medium.
you can choose one of these links
To install slackware Linux, you need to write your downloaded ISO to a USB stick to create the installation media. This is not the same as copying the ISO, and requires some bespoke software.
For this tutorial, we’ll use balenaEtcher, as it runs on Linux, Windows and Mac OS. Choose the version that corresponds to your current operating system, download and install the tool.
CREATE A BOOTABLE USB STICK
Step 1: Insert the USB flash drive into your computer.
Step 2: Double-click on the balenaEtcher download file to run the app. Press Flash from file to select the downloaded slackware ISO file on your computer.
Step 3: Press Select target and choose the correct USB flash drive from the list.
Step 4: Press Flash! to begin writing slackware Linux to the USB flash drive.
For this tutorial, we’ll use balenaEtcher, as it runs on Linux, Windows and Mac OS. Choose the version that corresponds to your current operating system, download and install the tool.
CREATE A BOOTABLE USB STICK
Step 2: Double-click on the balenaEtcher download file to run the app. Press Flash from file to select the downloaded slackware ISO file on your computer.
Step 4: Press Flash! to begin writing slackware Linux to the USB flash drive.
After a few minutes, the USB flash drive will be ready for booting into slackware Linux.
INSTALL SLACKWARE LINUX
Step 1: Insert the USB flash drive into your computer.
Step 2: While the system would restart and initialize start pressing F9 (or Del or F10 or F12 or Esc) to display Boot Menu. The key could be different on different make and model, try other keys as per Make and Model of your machine.
Step 3: From the Boot Menu, select Flash Drive as Boot Device and Hit Enter. It may be at different serial number in different systems. Wait for the system to Boot from the Flash Drive.
Step 5: To continue using the US map, just hit Enter or Entering 1 and will give you a list of keyboard mappings. Simply select the mapping that matches your keyboard type and continue on.
Step 7: To list all disk on your computer enter fdisk -l
Step 8: Enter fdisk <path to drive> (in my case /dev/sda ).
Step 9: For new computers enter g to create a new empty GPT partition table or select o to create a new empty DOS partition table for old ones.
Step 10: Enter n to add new partition for swap.
Step 11: Enter p to create primary partition.
Step 12: Press Enter 2 times.
Step 13: Enter +1G for swap partition.
Step 14: Now you created partition 1 with 1GB, Then choose Y and press Enter.
Step 16: p to create primary partition.
Step 17: Now just press Enter 3 times to create second partition with remaining space in the disk.
Step 18: Press y to continue.
Step 19: Now we will change the partition 1 type to swap, so press t .
Step 20: Select partition 1 by Entering Number 1 .
Step 21: Then press L .
Step 22: After that Enter 82 to change partition 1 to swap.
Step 23: Finally type w to write table to disk and exit.
Step 24: Type setup to start the install.
Step 25: Select TARGET and press ENTER
Step 26: Select the Install Linux partition that you defined before.
Step 27: Now, you be asked whether you want to format the root partition. Since we have just created the partition, we need to format it.
Step 28: Select ext4 as the filesystem to use for Slackware, then press Enter to finalize your choice.
Step 29: Once you configure all of the partitions successfully, you will be prompted with a message and press Enter.
Step 31: Select auto and the recommended option.
Step 32: Now select the packages you want to install or unselect these you don’t want, if you don’t know uncheck Games and press OK.
Step 33: Now you need to select your installation mode. Your choice will reflect the number of packages that will be installed, the number of prompts during the installation and the time needed for the task.
Step 34: Installation will begin.
Step 35: You will be asked if you want to create a USB stick, so skip it.
Step 36: Another very crucial step is the configuration of the bootloader. Slackware uses LILO. The simplest choice is to try to install LILO automatically. This is very similar to what we have already accomplished with another bootloader, GRUB, in SUSE and Ubuntu.
Step 38: Next, you might need to define extra parameters. For most people, this option is Klingon and should not meddle. Those who do understand and use these extra parameters most likely do not need this guide. Just hit Enter to proceed.
Step 39: Now, we need to decide where to install the bootloader. For the average user, installing it to Master Boot Record is the simplest choice.
Step 40: Select your mouse, normally the default option works.
Step 41: Configure your Network .
Step 42: You will need to setup your network services. For most users, the default choice will be adequate. However, if you intend to run a web server, a mail server or any other custom service, you might need to enable some other options, too. Be aware that extra services mean more "open" ports, less security.
Step 43: The next option allows to use custom screen fonts. Select No and press Enter.
Step 44: We need to setup our hardware clock and time zone next.
Step 45: Choose one of the following time zone for your machine.
Step 46: Select the third one vim.
Step 48: Root password is the next step. Needless to say, you should choose a strong password.
Step 49: Congratulations, your setup is now complete, press Enter.
Step 50: You’ll be back to the main menu, go to EXIT and press Enter.
Step 51: Press OK .
Step 52: Now reboot and your new system will start.
Step 53: After a few moments your operating system will load. But be prepared for a BIG surprise. Slackware does NOT automatically load into the graphical environment, so it's will ask you for login, the only user on your computer is root, Login as root .
Step 54: Next add your password.
Step 55: After that enter startx .
Step 56: After a few moments, you will be presented with the cool desktop.
I hope you enjoy Slackware!
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