Slpkg is a user-friendly package manager for Slackware installations
Project description
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.
Installation
$ pip install slpkg --upgrade
uninstall
$ pip uninstall slpkgOptional dependencies
python2-pythondialog for dialog box interface
pygraphviz for drawing dependencies diagram
Non-Python/non-PyPI: graph-easy for drawing ascii dependencies diagram
Recommended
Stay updated, see SUN (Slackware Update Notifier)
Demonstration
Youtube Asciicasts
Command Line Tool Usage
Slpkg is a user-friendly package manager for Slackware installations
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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, reset Configuration file management.
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 for updated packages from the
--skip=[...], --resolve--off repositories and install with all
--checklist dependencies.
-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], --checklist 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.Release history Release notifications | RSS feed
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