slpkg 2.4.3

Slpkg is a user-friendly package manager for Slackware installations

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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.

Command Line Tool Usage

Slpkg is a user-friendly package manager for Slackware installations
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Commands:
   update                                   Run this command to update all
                                            the packages list.
   upgrade                                  Delete and recreate all packages
                                            lists.
   repo-add [repository name] [URL]         Add custom repository.
   repo-remove [repository]                 Remove custom repository.
   repo-list                                Print a list of all the
                                            repositories.
   repo-info [repository]                   Get information about a
                                            repository.
   update slpkg                             Upgrade the program directly from
                                            repository.

Optional arguments:
  -h, --help                                Print this help message and exit.
  -v, --version                             Print program version and exit.
  -a, --autobuild, [script] [source...]     Auto build SBo packages.
                                            If you already have downloaded the
                                            script and the source code you can
                                            build a new package with this
                                            command.
  -b, --blacklist, [package...] --add,      Manage packages in the blacklist.
      --remove, list                        Add or remove packages and print
                                            the list. Each package is added
                                            here will not be accessible by the
                                            program.
  -q, --queue, [package...] --add,          Manage SBo packages in the queue.
      --remove, list, build, install,       Add or remove and print the list
      build-install                         of packages. Build and then install
                                            the packages from the queue.
  -g, --config, print, edit=[editor]        Configuration file management.
                                            Print the configuration file or
                                            edit.
  -l, --list, [repository], --index,        Print a list of all available
      --installed                           packages repository, index or print
                                            only packages installed on the
                                            system.
  -c, --check, [repository] --upgrade,      Check, view and install updated
      --skip=[] --resolve-off               packages from repositories.
  -s, --sync, [repository] [package...],    Sync packages. Install packages
      --resolve-off                         directly from remote repositories
                                            with all dependencies.
  -t, --tracking, [repository] [package]    Tracking package dependencies and
                                            print package dependenies tree with
                                            highlight if packages is installed.
  -p, --print, [repository] [package],      Print description of a package
      --color=[]                            directly from the repository and
                                            change color text.
  -n, --network, [package]                  View a standard of SBo page in
                                            terminal and manage multiple options
                                            like reading, downloading, building
                                            installation, etc.
  -F, --FIND, [package...]                  Find packages from repositories and
                                            search at each enabled repository
                                            and prints results.
  -f, --find, [package...]                  Find and print installed packages
                                            reporting the size and the sum.
  -i, --install, [package...]               Installs single or multiple
                                            Slackware binary packages.
  -u, --upgrade, [package...]               Upgrade single or multiple Slackware
                                            binary packages from a older to a
                                            newer one.
  -o, --reinstall, [package...]             Reinstall signle or multiple
                                            Slackware binary packages with the
                                            same packages if the exact.
  -r, --remove, [package...]                Removes a previously installed
                                            Slackware binary packages.
  -d, --display, [package...]               Display the installed packages
                                            contents and file list.

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