Try unpacking the package, tarring up the result, and moving it to the slackware system that way. If it doesn't work, you might have to run autoconfig and build it from source under slackware.
Be sure the /var/lib/dpkg directory gets bootstrapped with something sensible. Thanks Bruce -- Can you get your operating system fixed when you need it? Linux - the supportable operating system. http://www.debian.org/support.html Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] NEW PHONE NUMBER: 510-620-3502 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .