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# sbopkg
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**Slackbuilds.org Package Browser**
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Sbopkg is a command-line and dialog-based tool to synchronize with the [SlackBuilds.org ("SBo")](https://www.slackbuilds.org/) repository, a
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collection of third-party SlackBuild scripts to build [Slackware](http://www.slackware.com/) packages. Sbopkg is actively maintained and a new version is released one or more times per Slackware/SBo release. Numerous people have contributed diffs, bug reports, and helpful suggestions and they are all mentioned in the THANKS file in /usr/doc/sbopkg-$VERSION. This utility would not be anywhere close to its present state without the help of these folks.
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**Features**
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Sbopkg will allow the user to:
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* Create, browse, and search a local copy of the SBo repository for any supported Slackware version.
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* Read the SBo ChangeLog.txt.
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* Display a list of all SBo packages installed on the user's system.
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* Display potential updates to packages installed from SlackBuilds.org.
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* View the README, SlackBuild, .info, and slack-desc files for each individual piece of software in the repository.
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* Copy the original .info file or SlackBuild for editing.
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* Automatically download the source code, check the md5sum, and build or build and install a Slackware package from either the original .info file and SlackBuild or the locally-edited copies.
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* Batch queue packages for building or building and installing.
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* Load, save, and use sbopkg [queuefiles](https://github.com/sbopkg/sbopkg/wiki/Queuefiles) (.sqf), several of which are included with the package.
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* View the contents of the cache directory (where source code tarballs are stored).
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* View the permanent build log that is optionally maintained to keep a record of the entire compilation process.
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* Check for an update to sbopkg itself.
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Sbopkg will not check dependencies since that is not a feature native to Slackware. Sbopkg is one thing and one thing only: a medium to easily browse a local copy of the SlackBuilds.org repository and build packages from it.
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Sbopkg can be also be used strictly from the command line without the dialog interface, to perform most, if not all, of the same functions listed above. Typing sbopkg -h will display the command line options.
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Please note that while sbopkg has performed well for many users, it is still in a testing phase. Please do not use in a production environment and please use a separate copy/mirror of SlackBuilds.org, or at least make a backup of any changes to your local copy/mirror before using sbopkg.
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