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The community maintains a script for building a Slackware Linux base system, located at . ![Slackware Linux Compatibility Layer](/files/vYnjWPm4FtGxEVMdkG2t) The compatibility layer script content is as follows: ```sh #!/bin/sh ROOT_DIR=/compat/slackware DIST_FULLNAME="Slackware Linux" LinuxKernel=7.0.11 SUBDIR="" BASE_URL="https://github.com/ykla/slackware-WSL/releases/download/auto-28" UPDATE_CMD="DIALOG=off BATCH=on slackpkg update" UPDATE=1 INSTALL=1 # ========================================== # Version selection menu # ========================================== echo "Please select the ${DIST_FULLNAME} version to install:" echo "1) Slackware64 15.0" echo "2) Slackware64 Current" echo "3) Slackware AArch64 Current" echo -n "Enter your choice [1-3] (default 1): " read VERSION_CHOICE case $VERSION_CHOICE in 2) VER="current" FILE="slackware64-current.tar.gz" ;; 3) VER="current" FILE="slackwareaarch64-current.tar.gz" ;; 1|*) VER="15.0" FILE="slackware64-15.0.tar.gz" ;; esac URL="${BASE_URL}/${FILE}" echo "Starting ${DIST_FULLNAME} ($FILE) installation" sleep 0.5 # ========================================== # Check Linux module # ========================================== echo "Checking required modules" if [ "$(sysrc -n linux_enable)" != "YES" ]; then echo "Linux service is not enabled. Enable it now? (Y|n)" read ANSWER case $ANSWER in [Nn][Oo]|[Nn]) echo "Warning: You must start the Linux service with \"service linux start\" after each FreeBSD reboot." echo "Are you sure you want to continue without enabling the Linux service? (y|N)" read ANSWER case $ANSWER in [Yy][Ee][Ss]|[Yy]) echo "WARNING: Linux module not enabled" ;; [Nn][Oo]|[Nn]|"") echo "Enabling Linux module" service linux enable ;; *) echo "Aborting." exit 4 ;; esac ;; [Yy][Ee][Ss]|[Yy]|"") echo "Enabling Linux module" service linux enable ;; *) echo "Aborting." exit 4 ;; esac fi echo "Starting Linux service" service linux start # ========================================== # Check dbus # ========================================== if ! which -s dbus-daemon; then echo "dbus-daemon not found. Install D-Bus now? (Y|n)" read ANSWER case $ANSWER in [Nn][Oo]|[Nn]) echo "Aborting. D-Bus not installed" exit 2 ;; [Yy][Ee][Ss]|[Yy]|"") echo "Installing D-Bus" pkg install -y dbus ;; *) echo "Aborting." exit 4 ;; esac fi if [ "$(sysrc -n dbus_enable)" != "YES" ]; then echo "D-Bus is not enabled. Enable it now? (Y|n)" read ANSWER case $ANSWER in [Nn][Oo]|[Nn]) echo "WARNING: You must start D-Bus with \"service dbus start\" after each FreeBSD reboot." echo "Are you sure you want to continue without enabling D-Bus? (y|N)" read ANSWER case $ANSWER in [Yy][Ee][Ss]|[Yy]) echo "Warning: D-Bus not enabled" ;; [Nn][Oo]|[Nn]|"") echo "Enabling D-Bus service" service dbus enable ;; *) echo "Aborting." exit 4 ;; esac ;; [Yy][Ee][Ss]|[Yy]|"") echo "Enabling D-Bus service" service dbus enable ;; *) echo "Aborting." exit 4 ;; esac fi if [ -z "$(ps aux | grep dbus | grep -v grep)" ]; then echo "Starting D-Bus service" service dbus start fi echo "compat.linux.osrelease=${LinuxKernel}" sysctl compat.linux.osrelease=${LinuxKernel} if ! grep -q '^compat.linux.osrelease=' /etc/sysctl.conf 2>/dev/null; then echo "compat.linux.osrelease=${LinuxKernel}" >> /etc/sysctl.conf else sed -i '' "s|^compat.linux.osrelease=.*|compat.linux.osrelease=${LinuxKernel}|" /etc/sysctl.conf fi # ========================================== # Download and extract the base system # ========================================== echo "${DIST_FULLNAME} will be installed in $ROOT_DIR" echo "Downloading basic system from ${URL}" fetch "${URL}" echo "Extracting basic system" sleep 0.5 mkdir -p "${ROOT_DIR}" tar xvpf "${FILE}" ${SUBDIR:-} -C "${ROOT_DIR}" --numeric-owner 2>&1 | grep -v "Error exit delayed from previous errors" # emulation path sysctl compat.linux.emul_path="${ROOT_DIR}" if ! grep -q '^compat.linux.emul_path=' /etc/sysctl.conf 2>/dev/null; then echo "compat.linux.emul_path=${ROOT_DIR}" >> /etc/sysctl.conf else sed -i '' "s|^compat.linux.emul_path=.*|compat.linux.emul_path=${ROOT_DIR}|" /etc/sysctl.conf fi echo "compat.linux.emul_path=$(sysctl -n compat.linux.emul_path)" service linux restart # ========================================== # Configure DNS # ========================================== echo "Should ${DIST_FULLNAME} use Alibaba DNS or local resolv.conf? ((A)li | (L)ocal | (C)ancel)" read ANSWER case $ANSWER in [Aa][Ll][Ii]|[Aa]|"") echo "Setting Alibaba DNS" grep -q "nameserver 223.5.5.5" "${ROOT_DIR}/etc/resolv.conf" 2>/dev/null || \ echo "nameserver 223.5.5.5" >> "${ROOT_DIR}/etc/resolv.conf" grep -q "nameserver 223.6.6.6" "${ROOT_DIR}/etc/resolv.conf" 2>/dev/null || \ echo "nameserver 223.6.6.6" >> "${ROOT_DIR}/etc/resolv.conf" ;; [Ll][Oo][Cc][Aa][Ll]|[Ll]) echo "Using local resolv.conf" cp /etc/resolv.conf "${ROOT_DIR}/etc/resolv.conf" ;; *) echo "Canceled." echo "You must manually edit $ROOT_DIR/etc/resolv.conf!" ;; esac # ========================================== # Update software sources # ========================================== if ping -c 1 -W 3000 223.5.5.5 > /dev/null 2>&1; then echo "Network reachable, starting operations..." [ $UPDATE = 1 ] && { echo "Updating package list"; chroot "${ROOT_DIR}" /bin/bash -c "${UPDATE_CMD}"; } else echo "Network unreachable, skipping update and installation." fi echo "Setting up Bash configuration" cp "${ROOT_DIR}/etc/profile" "${ROOT_DIR}/root/.bashrc" # ========================================== # Cleanup # ========================================== echo "Cleaning up" rm "${FILE}" service linux restart echo "${DIST_FULLNAME} Base System is ready." echo "chroot ${ROOT_DIR} /bin/bash" ``` ## Troubleshooting ### Missing Dependencies Most package managers in Slackware Linux do not resolve dependency issues, so installing any software will face a large number of missing dependencies. 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