Sunday, April 16, 2023

Package management in Slackware (install binary packages with automatic dependency control) - similar to apt and dnf

 

 

Slapt-get (Salix) with binary package repository (SBO)

and automatic dependency control.


Installing programs on Slackware Linux has never been so easy!!

 

*** Tip: install on Slackware spkg and slapt-get from the Salix distribution (download from the a and ap directories, respectively).

Download Link  (Salix mirror):

http://slackware.uk/salix/x86_64/15.0/salix/

Verify, in red, the appropriate Slackware version.


Useful commands

slapt-get -u  (update repository data in the slackware system)

slapt-get -i package  (package installation)

slapt-get --search package  (package searching).

 

 

Example: installing the software yad:

 

 

Enjoy !!!

 

 Rodrigo M. S. de Oliveira.

 

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Salix website.

https://www.salixos.org/

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