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See the .\" GNU General Public License for more details. .\" .TH Slpkg "8" "5 2014" "slpkg" .SH NAME slpkg - Utility for easy management packages in Slackware .SH SYNOPSIS Usage: slpkg [-h] [-v] [-a script.tar.gz [sources...]] [-b --list, --add, --remove [...]] [-q --list, [...] --add, --remove] [ --build, --install, --build-install] [-g --config, --config=[editor]] [-l [repository], all, noarch] [-c [repository] --upgrade] [-s [repository] [package][ [-t [repository] [package]] [-p [repository] [package], --color=[]] [-f] [-n] [-i [...]] [-u [...]] [-o [...]] [-r [...]] [-d [...]] .SH DESCRIPTION \fBslpkg\fP is a terminal multitool 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 Utility for easy management packages in Slackware Commands: update update all package lists update slpkg check and update slpkg Optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit -v, --version print version and exit -a, script.tar.gz [source...] auto build SBo packages -b, --list, [package...] --add, --remove add, remove packages in blacklist -q, --list, [package...] --add, --remove add, remove SBo packages in queue --build, --install, --build-install build, install packages from queue -g, --config, --config= configuration file management -l, [repository], all, noarch list of installed packages -c, [repository] --upgrade check for updated packages -s, [repository] [package] download, build & install -t, [repository] [package] tracking dependencies -p, [repository] [package], --color=[] print package description -f, [package] find installed packages -n, [package] view SBo packages through network -i, [package...] install binary packages -u, [package...] upgrade binary packages -o, [package...] reinstall binary packages -r, [package...] remove binary packages -d, [package...] display the contents .SH REPOSITORIES slackware.com = 'slack' SlackBuilds.org = 'sbo' AlienBob = 'alien' slacky.eu = 'slacky' rworkman's = 'rlw' studioware.org = 'studio' slacker.it = 'slackr' .SH COLORS red, green, yellow, cyan, grey .PP .SH GLOBAL OPTIONS .TP \fB\-v\fP, \fB\-\-version\fP Print the version of program and exit. .SH COMMANDS .PP The following commands are available. .SS update \fBslpkg\fP \fBupdate\fP .PP Used to re-synchronize the package lists and create some important files. This command must run every new repository is added or new updates is available. .SS update slpkg \fBslpkg\fP \fBupdate\fP \fBslpkg\fP .PP You can check for new versions and update slpkg itself. .SS -a, auto build packages \fBslpkg\fP \fB-a\fP <\fIscript\fP> <\fIsources\fP> .PP With this argument, build slackware package from source quickly and easy. .SS -b , add, remove, view packages in blacklist \fBslpkg\fP \fB-b\fP \fB--list\fP <\fIpackages\fP> \fB--add\fP \fB--remove\fP .PP List, add or remove packages from blacklist file. The settings here affect all repositories. .SS -q , add, remove, view packages in queue \fBslpkg\fP \fB-q\fP \fB--list\fP <\fIpackages\fP> \fB--add\fP \fB--remove\fP .TP \fBslpkg\fP \fB-q\fP \fB--build\fP \fB--install\fP \fB--build-install\fP .PP List, add, or remove sbo packages from queue. If you want to remove all the packages from the list 'slpkg -q all --remove'. (these arguments only working for the sbo repository) Build or install or build and install packages are queued. .SS -g , configuration file management \fBslpkg\fP \fB--config\fP \fB--config=[editor]\fP .PP Print configuration file or edit with editor. .SS -l , list of installed packages per repository \fBslpkg\fP \fB-l\fP <\fIrepository\fP> \fIall\fP \fInoarch\fP .PP List of installed packages per repository or all. .SS -c , check if your packages is up to date \fBslpkg\fP \fB-c\fP <\fIrepository\fP> \fI--upgrade\f .PP Check your packages is up to date. .SS -s , download, build and install package with all dependencies \fBslpkg\fP \fB-s\fP <\fIrepository\fP> <\fIname of package\fP> .PP Installs or upgrade packages from the repositories with automatically resolving all dependencies of the package. Also installs the official distribution Slackware packages. Sometimes to install a package have to pass part of the version of the package as 'slpkg -s alien ffmpeg-2.4.3'. .SS -t , tracking dependencies \fBslpkg\fP \fB-t\fP <\fIrepository\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 -p , print packages description \fBslpkg\fP \fB-p\fP <\fIrepository\fP> <\fIname of package\fP> \fI--color=\fP .PP Print package description with color. Available colors: red, green, yellow, cyan, grey .SS -f find packages \fBslpkg\fP \fB-f\fP <\fIname of package\fP> .PP Find installed packages with view total file size. .SS -n , find packages 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 -i , install binary packages \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 packages 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 packages \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 packages \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. If installed packages with command 'slpkg -s sbo ' then write a file in /var/log/slpkg/dep/ with all dependencies and it allows you can remove them all together. 'Requires root privileges' (like slackware command removepkg) .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 FILES /etc/slpkg/slpkg.conf General configuration of slpkg /etc/slpkg/blacklist List of packages to skip /etc/slpkg/slackware-mirrors List of Slackware Mirrors /var/log/slpkg ChangeLog.txt repositories files SlackBuilds logs and dependencies files /var/lib/slpkg PACKAGES.TXT files and SLACKBUILDS.TXT file /tmp/slpkg Slpkg temponary donwloaded files and build packages .SH AUTHOR Dimitris Zlatanidis .SH HOMEPAGE https://github.com/dslackw/slpkg .SH COPYRIGHT Copyright \(co 2014 Dimitris Zlatanidis .SH SEE ALSO installpkg(8), upgradepkg(8), removepkg(8), pkgtool(8), slackpkg(8), explodepkg(8), makepkg(8).