How to install TCP Wrappers using the appropriate package manager? When I run pkgtool, I can see in the list that tcp_wrappers is included tcp_wrappers-7.6-x86_64-1. I want to install it.
I tried the command below, with no luck.
installpkg tcp_wrappers-7.6-x86_64-1.tgzWhenever I run the command above, it says
Cannot install, file not found.So I navigated to /var/log/packages, where the list of Slackware packages are listed and I found there tcp_wrappers-7.6-x86_64-1 file. So what I did is:
mv tcp_wrappers-7.6-x86_64-1 tcp_wrappers-7.6-x86_64-1.tgzinstallpkg tcp_wrappers-7.6-x86_64-1.tgzThe prompt message is :
Verifying package tcp_wrappers-7.6-x86_64-1.tgzgzip : stdin : not in gzip formatInstalling package tcp_wrappers-7.6-x86_64-1.tgz:PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:WARNING: Package has not been created with 'makepkg'Package tcp_wrappers-7.6-x86_64-1.tgz installed.After, I verified whether the tcp_wrappers is already installed using the commands below, with no luck.
rpm -q tcp_wrappersrpm -q tcp_wrappers-7.6-x86_64-1rpm -q tcp_wrappers-7.6-x86_64-1.tgzIt just say:
package tcp_wrappers is not installedpackage tcp_wrappers-7.6-x86_64-1 is not installedpackage tcp_wrappers-7.6-x86_64-1.tgz is not installedwhat shall I do?
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Answer
If it is in /var/log/packages, then it’s already installed. Files in this directory are simple text files with package description, list of installed files etc. Try for example:
less /var/log/packages/tcp_wrappers-7.6-x86_64-1On my box it shows:
PACKAGE NAME: tcp_wrappers-7.6-x86_64-1COMPRESSED PACKAGE SIZE: 77.0KUNCOMPRESSED PACKAGE SIZE: 340KPACKAGE LOCATION: /usb-stick/slackware64/n/tcp_wrappers-7.6-x86_64-1.txzPACKAGE DESCRIPTION:tcp_wrappers: tcp_wrappers (TCP/IP daemon wrapper library and utilities)tcp_wrappers:tcp_wrappers: With this package you can monitor and filter incoming requests fortcp_wrappers: network services for access control, and detection things like hosttcp_wrappers: name spoofing and host address spoofing. Nearly all the networktcp_wrappers: daemons on Slackware are "wrapped" using this library, and mosttcp_wrappers: daemons in /etc/inetd.conf use tcp_wrappers' tcpd wrapper daemon.tcp_wrappers: If you plan to do much networking, you will need tcp_wrappers.tcp_wrappers:tcp_wrappers: tcp_wrappers was written by Wietse Venema.tcp_wrappers:FILE LIST:./install/install/slack-descusr/usr/doc/usr/doc/tcp_wrappers_7.6/usr/doc/tcp_wrappers_7.6/BLURBusr/doc/tcp_wrappers_7.6/CHANGESusr/doc/tcp_wrappers_7.6/DISCLAIMERusr/doc/tcp_wrappers_7.6/READMEusr/doc/tcp_wrappers_7.6/README.NISusr/include/usr/include/tcpd.h[ cut ]rpm is RedHat tool. It will not show this package as installed, because pkgtool used by Slackware is not related to rpm in any way – it doesn’t update rpm package database. rpm is installed in Slackware only for installing rpm packages, not to manage packages installed by native pkgtool.