slpkg 2.8.3

Slpkg is a user-friendly package manager for Slackware installations

Table of Contents:

• About

• Demonstration

• Installation

• Optional dependencies

• Command Line Tool Usage

About

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 occurto 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.

Also you can install official packages of your favorite distribution directly from the official repositories of Slackware. Even you can check for the official updates and install them.

Demonstration

Installation

$ pip install slpkg --upgrade

uninstall

$ pip uninstall slpkg

Optional dependencies

python2-pythondialog for dialog box interface

pygraphviz for drawing dependencies diagram

Non-Python/non-PyPI: graph-easy for drawing ascii dependencies diagram

Command Line Tool Usage

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Commands:
   update, --only=[...]                     Run this command to update all
                                            the packages list.
   upgrade, --only=[...]                    Delete and recreate all packages
                                            lists.
   repo-add [repository name] [URL]         Add custom repository.
   repo-remove [repository]                 Remove custom repository.
   repo-enable                              Enable or disable default
                                            repositories via dialog utility.
   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.
   health, --silent                         Health check installed packages.
   deps-status, --tree, --graph=[type]      Print dependencies status used by
                                            packages or drawing dependencies
                                            diagram.
   new-config                               Manage .new configuration files.

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.
      reset                                 Print, edit the configuration file
                                            or reset in the default values.
  -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
      --check-deps, --graph=[type]          print package dependenies tree with
                                            highlight if packages is installed.
                                            Also check if dependencies used or
                                            drawing dependencies diagram.
  -p, --desc, [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, --installpkg, [options] [package...]  Installs single or multiple *.tgz
      options=[--warn, --md5sum, --root,    (or .tbz, .tlz, .txz) Slackware
      --infobox, --menu, --terse, --ask,    binary packages designed for use
      --priority, --tagfile]                with the Slackware Linux
                                            distribution onto your system.
  -u, --upgradepkg, [options] [package...]  Upgrade single or multiple Slackware
      options=[--dry-run, --install-new,    binary packages from an older
      --reinstall, --verbose]               version to a newer one.
  -r, --removepkg, [options] [package...],  Removes a previously installed
      --check-deps, --tag, --checklist      Slackware binary packages,
      options=[-warn, -preserve, -copy,     while writing a progress report
      -keep]                                to the standard output.
  -d, --display, [package...]               Display the installed packages
                                            contents and file list.