Wanting and/or needing Lets Encrypt on a Slackware 14.2 Linux system has to be the most brutal approach anyone can imaging .... I have always enjoyed the hands-on Slackware requires, but acquiring the prerequisite for various packages is very time consuming and often results in a broken system ... I am definitely considering to finally switch my server needs over to a deb* based system ... so long Slackware, it's been a long 24 years :-/



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Mortifis wrote to All <=-

Wanting and/or needing Lets Encrypt on a Slackware 14.2 Linux
system has to be the most brutal approach anyone can imaging ....
I have always enjoyed the hands-on Slackware requires, but
acquiring the prerequisite for various packages is very time
consuming and often results in a broken system ... I am
definitely considering to finally switch my server needs over to
a deb* based system ... so long Slackware, it's been a long 24
years :-/

Have you thought about trying this? (I haven't as I don't
need/use LetsEncrypt):

https://slackbuilds.org/repository/14.2/system/letsencrypt/

You're likely familiar with SBo, and yes.... there are a *LOT* of
dependencies listed there. But, they're all available right there
on SBo, probably wouldn't be *TOO* bad to get it done.

Don't give up on Slackware! We need all of us there are left...!
;-) I will say I'm getting tired of waiting for 15.0... been over
three years now since 14.2 was released. Arggghhhh.


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Mortifis wrote to All <=-

Wanting and/or needing Lets Encrypt

on a Slackware 14.2 Linux

system has to be the most brutal

approach anyone can imaging ....

I have always enjoyed the hands-on

Slackware requires, but

acquiring the prerequisite for

various packages is very time

consuming and often results in a

broken system ... I am

definitely considering to finally

switch my server needs over to

a deb* based system ... so long

Slackware, it's been a long 24

years :-/

Have you thought about trying this? (I

haven't as I don't

need/use LetsEncrypt):

https://slackbuilds.org/repository/14.2/syste
m/letsencrypt/

You're likely familiar with SBo, and

yes.... there are a *LOT* of

dependencies listed there. But, they're

all available right there

on SBo, probably wouldn't be *TOO* bad to

get it done.

Don't give up on Slackware! We need all

of us there are left...!

;-) I will say I'm getting tired of

waiting for 15.0... been over

three years now since 14.2 was released.

Arggghhhh.


Yes, I very aware, my system broke part way
through, so, I reformated the hard drive,
installed Deb9, moved my server backups over
and with a simple 'apt install certbot'
command had TLS up and running

Yeah, I am not expecting Pat to put a 15 out
anytime soon ...


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Mortifis wrote to All <=-

Wanting and/or needing Lets Encrypt on a Slackware 14.2 Linux
system has to be the most brutal approach anyone can imaging ....
I have always enjoyed the hands-on Slackware requires, but
acquiring the prerequisite for various packages is very time
consuming and often results in a broken system ... I am
definitely considering to finally switch my server needs over to
a deb* based system ... so long Slackware, it's been a long 24
years :-/

Have you thought about trying this? (I haven't as I don't
need/use LetsEncrypt):

https://slackbuilds.org/repository/14.2/system/letsencrypt/

You're likely familiar with SBo, and yes.... there are a *LOT* of dependencies listed there. But, they're all available right there
on SBo, probably wouldn't be *TOO* bad to get it done.

Don't give up on Slackware! We need all of us there are left...!
;-) I will say I'm getting tired of waiting for 15.0... been over
three years now since 14.2 was released. Arggghhhh.

Sadly, I did give up on Slackware a year ago for an easier update management type OS :/

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Re: Re: Letsyncrypt/Certbot
By: Mortifis to Dan Clough on Sat Jun 13 2020 03:43 pm

Slackware is not that hard to manage, really. I mean, if you want automatic dependency resolution, you can use sbotools or something like that. It is not much different to using OpenBSD ports.

*deb distributions work until you try to use a third party deb package that pulls weird dependencies in, or try to do something weird yourself... they are more convenient in principle but if you want to go the Power User route they are very stiff. Dependency hell is a thing.

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Mortifis wrote to Dan Clough <=-

Don't give up on Slackware! We need all of us there are left...!
;-) I will say I'm getting tired of waiting for 15.0... been over
three years now since 14.2 was released. Arggghhhh.

Sadly, I did give up on Slackware a year ago for an easier update management type OS :/

Yeah, can't really blame ya... it can be a pain at times. I'm
still with it, and probably will stay. I do play with
Debian/variants on other machines, and that apt stuff sure is nice
for updates... ;-)



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Re: Re: Letsyncrypt/Certbot
By: Arelor to Mortifis on Sat Jun 13 2020 05:00 pm

Slackware is not that hard to manage, really. I mean, if you want automatic dependency resolution, you can use sbotools or something like that. It is not much different to using OpenBSD ports.

*deb distributions work until you try to use a third party deb package that pulls weird dependencies in, or try to do something weird yourself... they are more convenient in principle but if you want to go the Power User route they are very stiff. Dependency hell is a thing.

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I almost installed Slack today... I went with FreeBSD and Arch; but I should dig into Slack... I *REALLY* like FreeBSD for building... and I'm new; this is my first Arch box... but MAN!; I like it so far. :P

Slackware is on my radar as I figure out where I wanna live; and build... Slack could be a great building box... and I know you'll tell me it could be a great daily driver too. :P

woot woot

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Re: Re: Letsyncrypt/Certbot
By: Gamgee to Mortifis on Sat Jun 13 2020 08:01 pm

Mortifis wrote to Dan Clough <=-

Don't give up on Slackware! We need all of us there are left...!
;-) I will say I'm getting tired of waiting for 15.0... been over
three years now since 14.2 was released. Arggghhhh.

Sadly, I did give up on Slackware a year ago for an easier update
management type OS :/

Yeah, can't really blame ya... it can be a pain at times. I'm
still with it, and probably will stay. I do play with
Debian/variants on other machines, and that apt stuff sure is nice
for updates... ;-)

Slacks scripting method is one reason why I was *drawn* to it... the package manager thru scripts isn't all... it has its benefits too.

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Re: Re: Letsyncrypt/Certbot
By: paulie420 to Arelor on Sat Jun 13 2020 10:34 pm

I almost installed Slack today... I went with FreeBSD and Arch; but I should dig into Slack... I *REALLY* like FreeBSD for building... and I'm new; this my first Arch box... but MAN!; I like it so far. :P

Slackware is on my radar as I figure out where I wanna live; and build... Sl could be a great building box... and I know you'll tell me it could be a gre daily driver too. :P

woot woot

FreeBSD is nice. It has always felt like a BSD licensed Linux for me for some reason, so I don't use it much, though.

I use (mostly) Slackware for workstations and desktops, and OpenBSD for servers. I'd go with OpenBSD for more workstations if working with removable media wasn't crude at best with it.

If you are interested in compiling packages en masse, OpenBSD ships by default with a tool for setting package builder clusters.

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paulie420 wrote to Gamgee <=-

Don't give up on Slackware! We need all of us there are left...!
;-) I will say I'm getting tired of waiting for 15.0... been over
three years now since 14.2 was released. Arggghhhh.

Sadly, I did give up on Slackware a year ago for an easier update
management type OS :/

Yeah, can't really blame ya... it can be a pain at times. I'm
still with it, and probably will stay. I do play with
Debian/variants on other machines, and that apt stuff sure is nice
for updates... ;-)

Slacks scripting method is one reason why I was *drawn* to it...
the package manager thru scripts isn't all... it has its benefits
too.

Yes, I know. Been using it daily for 20+ years. My BBS runs on
it. This message comes from my daily driver laptop running it.



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Arelor wrote to paulie420 <=-

FreeBSD is nice. It has always felt like a BSD licensed Linux for me
for some reason, so I don't use it much, though.

Before Linux was ready for the datacenter, I used BSD/OS and later
FreeBSD for my company's internet presence, and really enjoyed the
environment. Always wanted to load up old-school 4.4BSD on something
to play with...


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Re: Re: Letsyncrypt/Certbot
By: Gamgee to paulie420 on Sun Jun 14 2020 07:50 am

paulie420 wrote to Gamgee <=-

Slacks scripting method is one reason why I was *drawn* to it...
the package manager thru scripts isn't all... it has its benefits
too.

Yes, I know. Been using it daily for 20+ years. My BBS runs on
it. This message comes from my daily driver laptop running it.

Lol - So I know who to bug when its giving me issues. :P You know, Arch linux was really the first distro that helped me to 'get it'. Like... I'm UNDERSTANDING what make clean install does now; I'm loving the AUR repo (I know, not Slack but..)... both Slack & FreeBSD also work in these logical ways - and kinda force or push the user to understand and grasp things as opposed to just google searching on an iPad next to 'said' linux box and typing in 'answers'.

Since I installed ARCH, these other systems like Slack and FreBSD are making a lot more sense. Build what you need, nothing else.

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Re: Re: Letsyncrypt/Certbot
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Arelor on Sun Jun 14 2020 07:19 am

Before Linux was ready for the datacenter, I used BSD/OS and later
FreeBSD for my company's internet presence, and really enjoyed the
environment. Always wanted to load up old-school 4.4BSD on something
to play with...

That is before my times, but somebody I knew ran a BSD 3.x (I think) nowadays. He let me log in even. The MOTD told you to send your bug reports via snail mail. The old times!

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poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Arelor <=-

FreeBSD is nice. It has always felt like a BSD licensed Linux for me
for some reason, so I don't use it much, though.

Before Linux was ready for the datacenter, I used BSD/OS and
later FreeBSD for my company's internet presence, and really enjoyed
the environment. Always wanted to load up old-school 4.4BSD on
something to play with...

It's just a VM away... ;-)



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