slpkg(1)

Version 5.0.4, Orestiada, Hellas

slpkg - Package manager utility for Slackware.

Synopsis

 slpkg \c [COMMAND] [OPTIONS] <packages> 
 slpkg [-h|-v] [-u, update] [-U, upgrade] [-I, repo-info] [-g, configs] [-T, clean-tmp] [-b, build] [-i, install] [-d, download] [-R, remove] [-f, find] [-w, view] [-s, search] [-e, dependees] [-t, tracking] -y, --yes, -c, --check, -O, --resolve-off, -r, --reinstall, -k, --skip-installed, -E, --full-reverse, -S, --search, -B, --progress-bar, -p, --pkg-version, -P, --parallel, -o, --repository=NAME, -z, --directory=PATH

Description

Slpkg is a software package manager that installs, updates, and removes packages on Slackware based systems. It automatically computes dependencies and figures out what things should occur to install packages. Slpkg makes it easier to maintain groups of machines without having to manually update.

Slpkg works in accordance with the standards of the organization SlackBuilds.org to build packages. Also uses the Slackware Linux instructions for installation, upgrading or removing packages.

Commands

-u, update Synchronize remote repositories with local repositories and update the databases with the newer packages list.

-U, upgrade Upgrade the installed packages if the newer version exists in the repository.

-I, repo-info View information related to repositories, such as which repositories are active or when they were upgraded, and how many packages they contain.

-T, clean-tmp Deletes all the downloaded SlackBuilds scripts, sources or packages.

-g, configs Edit the configuration /etc/slpkg/slpkg.toml file via the dialog utility.

-b, build Builds the Slackbuilds scripts without installing them.

-i, install Builds and installs the packages in the correct order, and also logs the packages with the dependencies for removal with the remove command.

-d, download Download the current SlackBuilds scripts and the sources or packages without building or installing them.

-R, remove Removes packages with dependencies if the packages was installed with 'slpkg install' method.

-f, find Find and display the installed packages on the system.

-w, view Display about the package information on the terminal.

-s, search Search and match packages from the repository.

-e, dependees Display which SlackBuild packages depend on from other Slackbuild package.

-t, tracking Tracking the packages dependencies.

Options

-y, --yes Answer Yes to all questions. (to be used with: -u, update, -U, upgrade, -b, build, -i, install, -R, remove, -d, download,)

-c, --check Check a procedure before you run it. (to be used with: -u, update, -U, upgrade)

-O, --resolve-off Turns off dependency resolving. (to be used with: -U, upgrade, -b, build, -i, install, -R, remove, -t, tracking)

-r, --reinstall Use this option if you want to upgrade all packages even if the same version is already installed. Do not skip installed packages. (to be used with: -U, upgrade, -i, install)

-k, --skip-installed Skip the installed packages when you try to reinstall them. Note: This option affects only the dependencies. (to be used with: -i, install)

-E, --full-reverse Full reverse dependency. Works only with -e, dependees command and show the requires too. (to be used with: -e, dependees)

-S, --search Enable the dialog utility to search packages from the repository. Example try: 'slpkg install python3 --search' or 'slpkg download python3 --search' and etc. (to be used with: -b, build, -i, install, -d, download, -R, remove, -f, find, -w, view, -s, search, -e, dependees, -t, tracking)

-B, --progress-bar Apply it to see a static progress bar instead of process execute like building, installing or removing.

-p, --pkg-version Display the repository package version. (to be used with: -e, dependees, -t, tracking, -w, view)

-P, --parallel Download files in parallel to speed up the process. (to be used with: -u, update, -U, upgrade, -b, build, -i, install, -d, download)

-m, --no-case Case-sensitive pattern matching packages. (to be used with: -b, build, -i, install, -d, download, -s, search, -f, find, -w, view, -t, tracking, -e, dependees)

-o,"" ---repository=NAME Switches the default repository and set the repository you want to work with. Make sure that you have been enabling the repository in the file '/etc/slpkg/repositories.toml'. Repo pattern '*' supported only with: '-s, search' option. (to be used with: -u, update, -U, upgrade, -c, check-updates, -I, repo-info, -b, build, -i, install, -d, download, -s, search, -t, tracking, -e, dependees, -w, view)

-z,"" --directory=PATH The directory is the path where the files will be saved. (to be used with: -d, download)

-h | --help Show help information and exit.

-v | --version Print version and exit.

Option Syntax

Away from the classical way, you may put several options that do not require arguments together, like:

.Vb 1. slpkg -iPny [PACKAGES...] .Ve

Filelist|Packages

Instead of packages, you can pass a text file with suffix '.pkgs' and with the names of the packages. Example: 'slpkg install list.pkgs'. Edit the config '/etc/slpkg/slpkg.toml' file to change the suffix if you want. You can use lists from others, like '.sqf' files.

Must You Know

There are five indicators when some commands are used, for example:

Cyan: To install, Yellow: To build, Grey: It's installed, Violet: For the upgrade, Red: To remove.

When you use the install, build, upgrade or remove commands you should know that, if the package is installed then its color will change to gray, if the package is upgradeable then it will change to violet, and if it is not installed then its color will be cyan. Also, if you try to remove a package you will see the package color turns red.

For the upgrade command, you should know, that you can upgrade packages from different repositories, if you edit the '/etc/slpkg/repositories.toml' file and remove the repository tag. Then the slpkg can't recognize the repository of the packages.

With the remove command, it's going to remove the dependencies if the package had installed with the 'slpkg install' command, otherwise, the slpkg does not know the dependencies that are installed with the packages that going to remove.

You can apply the asterisk '' instead of a package, to matching all the packages from a repository. You can't apply an asterisk to the '-o, --repository=' option, except for the '-s, search*', command.

Note: There is currently no function to indicate the packages if the colors are disabled.

Exit Status

0 Successful slpkg execution.

1 Something wrong happened.

Installpkg and upgradepkg exit error code:

1 = tar returned error code

2 = corrupt compression envelope

3 = does not end in .tgz

4 = no such file

5 = external compression utility missing

Explanation Characters

[•] Processing status: Red is still processing, Green is done.

[✔️] Done character: Appear when the processing is done.

[X] Failed character: Appear when the processing is failed.

[↪] Skipped character: Appear when the processing skipped.

Configuration Files

Configuration file in the /etc/slpkg/slpkg.toml file.

Repositories file in the /etc/slpkg/repositories.toml file.

Blacklist file in the /etc/slpkg/blacklist.toml file.

slpkg_new-configs command it's managing the .new configuration files easily and fast. Move, copy or remove them.

Report Bugs

Please report any found to: https://gitlab.com/dslackw/slpkg/-/issues.

Author

Dimitris Zlatanidis <dslackw@gmail.com>