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Package manager for Slackware installations

Project description

Slpkg is a powerful software package manager that installs, updates, and removes packages on Slackware based systems. It automatically computes dependencies and figures out what things should occur to install packages. Slpkg makes it easier to maintain groups of machines without having to manually update.

Slpkg works in accordance with the standards of the organization slackbuilds.org to builds packages. Also uses the Slackware Linux instructions for installation, upgrading or removing packages.

What makes slpkg to distinguish it from other tools; The user friendliness is its primary target as well as easy to understand and use, also use color to highlight packages and display warning messages, etc.

Features

  • Dependency resolution

  • Dependencies visualizations

  • Multiple options

  • Multiple repositories

  • Easy configuration

  • Fully configurable

  • Adaptability

  • Powerful options

  • Source builder

  • Faster process

  • Better Security

Installation

Download latest release:

Required root privileges

$ tar xvf slpkg-3.2.7.tar.gz
$ cd slpkg-3.2.7
$ ./install.sh

If you want to build slpkg for use with Python 3.x (needs the
optional dependency python3) pass the script PYTHON3=yes, like:

PYTHON3=yes ./install.sh

Installed as Slackware package

Uninstall:

$ slpkg -r slpkg

or

$ removepkg slpkg

Using pip:

$ pip install slpkg --upgrade

Uninstall:

$ pip uninstall slpkg

Data remove run from source code:

$ python clean.py

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