Installation
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Python & OS Support
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slpkg works with Python versions 2.7.5+
slpkg works on Slackware stable distribution.

Slackware current not support yet.

Install slpkg
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There are mainly four ways:

1) Using the SlackBuild script in the directory slpkg-?.?.?/slackbuild.

   Untar the archive `tar xvf slpkg-?.?.?.tar.gz`

   Copy the source tar archive `cp slpkg-?.?.?.tar.gz slpkg-?.?.?/slackbuild`, 
   change directory `cd slpkg-?.?.?/slackbuild`, fix the version if need in 
   SlackBuild.slpkg give execution permissions to script `chmod +x SlackBuild.slpkg`
   and run as root ./SlackBuild.slpkg.

   SlackBuild package created so install package with `upgradepkg --install-new
   /tmp/slpkg-?.?.?-x86_64-1_dsw.tgz` (x86_64 for Slackware64).

2) Using pip:

   `pip install slpkg` or upgrade `pip install --upgrade slpkg`

3) Download slpkg package from slackbuilds.org and run the first procedure described above.

4) Download binary package from sourceforge:
 
   https://sourceforge.net/projects/slpkg/


Proposed mode if you want to have installed the most updated version is 1 and 2
process.