.\" -*- nroff -*- .\" Copyright (C) 2014 Dimitris Zlatanidis .\" .\" This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify .\" it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by .\" the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or .\" (at your option) any later version. .\" .\" This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, .\" but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of .\" MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the .\" GNU General Public License for more details. .\" .TH Slpkg "8" "5 2014" "slpkg" .SH NAME slpkg - Utility to help package management in Slackware .SH SYNOPSIS \fBslpkg\fP \fB-h\fP \fB-v\fP \fB-a script [source ...]\fP \fB-l all, sbo [all, sbo ...]\fP \fB-t\fP \fB-n\fP \fB-c\fP \fB-s\fP \fB-i [...]\fP \fB-u [...]\fP \fB-o [...]\fP \fB-r [...]\fP \fB-f [...]\fP \fB-d [...]\fP .SH DESCRIPTION \fBslpkg\fP is a terminal tool in order to easy use Slackware packages. .PP It's a quick and easy way to manage your packages in slackware to a command. .SH EXAMPLES \fB-h, --help show this help message and exit\fP \fB-v, --verbose print version and exit\fP \fB-a script [source ...]\fP \fB auto build package\fP \fB-l all, sbo [all, sbo ...]\fP \fB list of installed packages\fP \fB-t tracking dependencies\fP \fB-n find from SBo repositority\fP \fB-c check if your package is up to date\fP \fB-s download, build & install pkg from SBo\fP \fB-i [ ...] install binary packages\fP \fB-u [ ...] install-upgrade packages with new\fP \fB-o [ ...] reinstall the same packages\fP \fB-r [ ...] remove packages\fP \fB-f [ ...] find if packages installed\fP \fB-d [ ...] display the contents of the packages\fP .SH GLOBAL OPTIONS .TP \fB\-v\fP, \fB\-\-verbose\fP Print the version of program and exit. .SH COMMANDS .PP The following commands are available. .SS -a script source extra \fBslpkg\fP \fB-a\fP <\fIscript\fP> <\fIsource\fP> <\fIextra sources\fP> .PP With this argument, build slackware package quickly and easy. Support .tar.gz and .tar.bz2 slackbuilds archives. .SS -l all, sbo [all, sbo ...] \fBslpkg\fP \fB-l\fP <\fIall\fP> <\fIsbo\fP> .PP Two display options list, one for all packages and another only for packages SBo. .SS -t , tracking dependencies \fBslpkg\fP \fB-t\fP <\fIname of package\fP> .PP Tracking all dependencies of that package. The sequence shown is that you must follow to correctly install package. .SS -n , find from SBo repositority \fBslpkg\fP \fB-n\fP <\fIname of package\fP> .PP With this method you can find the SBo script that interests you through the network. (www.slackbuilds.org) .SS -c , check if your package is up to date \fBslpkg\fP \fB-c\fP <\fIname of package\fP> .PP Check if your packages from www.slackbuilds.org is updated. .SS -s , find, download, build and install package with all dependencies \fBslpkg\fP \fB-s\fP <\fIname of package\fP> .PP Find package from slackbuild.org with all dependencies, download, build and install them. .SS -i , install binary package \fBslpkg\fP \fB-i\fP <\fIpackages.t?z\fP> .PP Installs single binary packages designed for use with the Slackware Linux distribution into your system. .SS -u , install-upgrade package with new \fBslpkg\fP \fB-u\fP <\fIpackages.t?z\fP> .PP Normally upgrade only upgrades packages that are already installed on the system, and will skip any packages that do not already have a version installed. 'Requires root privileges' (like slackware command upgradepkg --install-new) .SS -o reinstall binary package \fBslpkg\fP \fB-o\fP <\fIpackages.t?z\fP> .PP Upgradepkg usually skips packages if the exact same package (matching name, version, arch, and build number) is already installed on the system.'Requires root privileges' (like slackware command upgradepkg --reinstall) .SS -r , remove package \fBslpkg\fP \fB-r\fP <\fIname of packages\fP> .PP Removes a previously installed Slackware package, while writing a progress report to the standard output. A package may be specified either by the full package name (as you'd see listed in /var/log/packages/), or by the base package name. 'Requires root privileges' (like slackware command removepkg) .SS -f find packages \fBslpkg\fP \fB-f\fP <\fIname of packages\fP> .PP Find if package allready installed or not. .SS -d display contents \fBslpkg\fP \fB-d\fP <\fIname of packages\fP> .PP Display the contents of the package with all descriptions. .SH HELP OPTION Specifying the help option displays help for slpkg itself, or a command. .br For example: \fBslpkg \-\-help\fP - display help for slpkg .SH EXAMPLES $ \fBslpkg -t brasero\fP +========================= | `brasero' dependencies : +========================= | | -- 1 orc | -- 1 gstreamer1 | -- 1 gst1-plugins-base | -- 2 libunique gst1-plugins-bad $ \fBslpkg -s brasero\fP Searching `brasero` from slackbuilds.org ... Searching `libunique` from slackbuilds.org ... Searching `gst1-plugins-bad` from slackbuilds.org ... Searching `gst1-plugins-base` from slackbuilds.org ... Searching `gstreamer1` from slackbuilds.org ... Searching `orc` from slackbuilds.org ... +============================================================================== | Installing new package /tmp/brasero-3.11.3-x86_64-1_SBo.tgz +============================================================================== Verifying package brasero-3.11.3-x86_64-1_SBo.tgz. Installing package brasero-3.11.3-x86_64-1_SBo.tgz: PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: # brasero (CD/DVD burning application) # # Brasero is a application to burn CD/DVD for the Gnome Desktop. It is # designed to be as simple as possible and has some unique features to # enable users to create their discs easily and quickly. # # Homepage: http://projects.gnome.org/brasero # Executing install script for brasero-3.11.3-x86_64-1_SBo.tgz. Package brasero-3.11.3-x86_64-1_SBo.tgz installed. $ \fBslpkg -c flashplayer-plugin\fP Searching `flashplayer-plugin` from slackbuilds.org ... New version is available: +============================================================================== | slpkg: package: flashplayer-plugin 11.2.202.356 --> flashplayer-plugin 11.2.202.394 +============================================================================== Would you like to install ? [Y/y] $ \fBslpkg -n termcolor\fP Searching 'termcolor' from slackbuilds.org ... +============================================================================== | The `termcolor` found in --> http://slackbuilds.org/repository/14.1/python/termcolor/ +============================================================================== | Download SlackBuild : http://slackbuilds.org/slackbuilds/14.1/python/termcolor.tar.gz | Source Downloads : https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/t/termcolor/termcolor-1.1.0.tar.gz | Extra Downloads : | Package requirements : +=============================================================================== README View the README file SlackBuild View the SlackBuild file Info View the Info file Download Download this package Build Download and build this package Install Download/Build/Install _ Two files termcolor.tar.gz and termcolor-1.1.0.tar.gz must be in the same directory. $ \fBslpkg -a termcolor.tar.gz termcolor-1.1.0.tar.gz\fP Slackware package /tmp/termcolor-1.1.0-x86_64-1_SBo.tgz created. $ \fBslpkg -u /tmp/termcolor-1.1.0-x86_64-1_SBo.tgz\fP Installing new package ./termcolor-1.1.0-x86_64-1_SBo.tgz $ \fBslpkg -r termcolor yetris\fP delete -- > termcolor-1.1.0-x86_64-1_SBo Are you sure to remove 1 package(s) [Y/y] Package: termcolor-1.1.0-x86_64-1_SBo Package: yetris-2.0.1-x86_64-1_SBo Removing... The package `termcolor` removed $ \fBslpkg -f termcolor\fP slpkg: package: termcolor not found $ \fBslpkg -d termcolor\fP slpkg: package: termcolor not found $ \fBslpkg -v\fP Version: x.x.x .SH AUTHOR Dimitris Zlatanidis .SH COPYRIGHT Copyright \(co 2014 Dimitris Zlatanidis .SH SEE ALSO installpkg(8), upgradepkg(8), removepkg(8), pkgtool(8), slackpkg(8)