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slackman

SlackMan - Slackware Package Manager

SlackMan is easy-to-use wrapper for Slackware pkgtools can help to install, update Slackware packages from a standard Slackware repository (official and 3th party).

Features

  • Multiple repository support
  • Dependency resolution
  • Bash Completion support
  • More configurable
  • Flexible configuration via variables
  • DBus interface
  • Userspace DBus client to notify update & changelogs (via org.freedesktop.Notification)
  • ... and more

Installation

INSTALL.md file provide instructions on how to install SlackMan.

Supported Repository

SlackMan support different SlackWare repository including:

  • Slackware stable and -current
  • SlackOnly
  • Slackers (Conraid)
  • Slacky (Italian Slackware Community)
  • AlienBob
  • ktown (KDE5)
  • Cinnamon SlackBuilds
  • MATE SlackBuilds
  • Salix
  • Microlinux
  • ... and more

Examples

Update repository packages and upgrade all packages:

# slackman update && slackman upgrade -y

Install, update and remove obsolete packages from specific repository:

# slackman update
# slackman install --new-packages --repo ktown
# slackman upgrade --repo ktown
# slackman remove --obsolete-packages --repo ktown

Update package excluding kernels packages

# slackman upgrade --exclude kernel-*

Search package:

# slackman search docker

Search file using MANIFEST.bz2 repository file (slackman update manifest):

# slackman file-search firefox

Enable a repository:

# slackman repo enable slackware:multilib

Add new repository:

# slackman repo add http://slackware.com/pub/slackman/repos.d/slackware.repo

Display the ChangeLog:

# slackman changelog --repo slackware:packages

Bash Completion:

# slackman repo info sla<TAB><TAB>
slackware:extra        slackware:multilib     slackware:packages
slackware:pasture      slackware:patches      slackware:testing

Copyright

  • Copyright 2016-2017 © Giuseppe Di Terlizzi
  • Slackware® is a Registered Trademark of Patrick Volkerding
  • Linux is a Registered Trademark of Linus Torvalds