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.tgz
Whenever 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.tgz installpkg tcp_wrappers-7.6-x86_64-1.tgz
The prompt message is :
Verifying package tcp_wrappers-7.6-x86_64-1.tgz gzip : stdin : not in gzip format Installing 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_wrappers rpm -q tcp_wrappers-7.6-x86_64-1 rpm -q tcp_wrappers-7.6-x86_64-1.tgz
It just say:
package tcp_wrappers is not installed package tcp_wrappers-7.6-x86_64-1 is not installed package tcp_wrappers-7.6-x86_64-1.tgz is not installed
what 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_64-1
On my box it shows:
PACKAGE NAME: tcp_wrappers-7.6-x86_64-1 COMPRESSED PACKAGE SIZE: 77.0K UNCOMPRESSED PACKAGE SIZE: 340K PACKAGE LOCATION: /usb-stick/slackware64/n/tcp_wrappers-7.6-x86_64-1.txz PACKAGE 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 for tcp_wrappers: network services for access control, and detection things like host tcp_wrappers: name spoofing and host address spoofing. Nearly all the network tcp_wrappers: daemons on Slackware are "wrapped" using this library, and most tcp_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-desc usr/ usr/doc/ usr/doc/tcp_wrappers_7.6/ usr/doc/tcp_wrappers_7.6/BLURB usr/doc/tcp_wrappers_7.6/CHANGES usr/doc/tcp_wrappers_7.6/DISCLAIMER usr/doc/tcp_wrappers_7.6/README usr/doc/tcp_wrappers_7.6/README.NIS usr/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.