Installation
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Python & OS Support
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Slpkg works with Python versions 2.7.5+ (Python 3 not supported yet)

Slpkg works on Slackware distribution and possibly in some Slackware based
distribution like SalixOS, Slackel etc.

Install slpkg
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There are mainly 3 ways:

1) (Default method) Download latest slpkg version from :
   https://github.com/dslackw/slpkg/releases
   Untar or unzip the archive, cd in slpkg-<version> directory.
   Run install.sh in this directory `./install.sh` and slpkg auto-installed.

2) Download binary package from https://github.com/dslackw/slpkg/releases
   and use Slackware command `upgradepkg --install-new <slpkg binary>`

3) Using pip: pip install slpkg --upgrade