Other package managers that supplement or replace Slackware native package management.

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Software Updating Tools and Package Managers ∞

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installpkg
upgradepkg

• rpm2targz / rpm2tgz / rpm2txz

  • Take an existing distribution's RPM and convert it's package format.

• spkg - The Unofficial Slackware Linux Package Manager

  • https://github.com/megous/spkg
• src2pkg - build packages from source, and to convert other package formats (.deb, .rpm) to Slackware packages
• Slackware users can supposedly use Slackel packages. Untested.
• I heard there is a deb2pkg and deb2tgz, but I didn't find them and didn't look very hard.
• pkgsrc on slack is an abandoned project from 2009.
• CRUX4Slack

• http://slackbuilds.org/

  • Source-based Slackware recipes.

• Tukaani pkgtools

  • An improvement on Slackware 10.0+ pkgtools.
  • some nice links are here: https://web.archive.org/web/20090322184156/http://tukaani.org:80/links

• getpkg

  • 2009-04-19 -- 0.3.5 was released Oct 03 2006

• Swaret

  • I installed it, but running it just gives its version number. It does not function.
  • 2009-04-19 -- 1.6.3 was released October 2006
  • Does library dependencies too.
  • Doesn't seem to do anything.

• slacker

  • 2009-04-19 -- 1.0.4 was released Mar 05 2004
  • A Slackware pkgtool package management assistant. It was primarily designed to allow you to automatically keep your system up to date by periodically checking the 'patches' directory on the slackware ftp site for your installed version.

• spkg

  • a slackware package management utility. It can download/install/remove/upgrade packages, sync to the slackware-current tree, perform system upgrades and perform regular expression matching for package lists. spkg aims to be simple, powerful, ...
  • beta..

• amypkg

  • A bash script to simplify package installation under slackware linux. features automatic dependency finding and installation ...
  • beta

other/unsorted:

• slackupdate

  • A bash script that can be used to check for, download, and install Slackware updates.
  • 2007-07 -- It's out of date (Slackware 10.2)
• Slaktool

• Slackcurrent

  • simple script to check for updated packages. Doesn't do anything with the list though, so you would wget and install the items manually.
  • might be a good candidate for rewriting in a mini-project.

• yann?

  • GNOME-based. Seems abandoned.

• gnome-pkgtool

  • Just a GUI

• kslackcheck

  • For checking for changelog updates.

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