One question, how was slackware used before slackpkg?

slackerold · 03-10-2024, 01:05 PM

One question, I know that slackpkg has existed for almost 20 years. But how was it done in the past before using slackpkg for system updates? How were packages installed, for example, that I removed?

Did you have a script? Another question is whether you still use this method without slackpkg and why?

cwizardone · 03-10-2024, 01:25 PM

I have always used, and still use,

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upgradepkg --reinstall --install-new then-name-of-package.

IIRC, this is part of,

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PACKAGE NAME: pkgtools-15.1-noarch-10.txz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware64/a
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 196 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 410 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
pkgtools (The Slackware package maintenance system)

This package contains utilities for handling Slackware packages.
Included are the command line utilities 'installpkg', 'removepkg',
'makepkg', 'explodepkg', and 'upgradepkg' that install, remove,
build, examine, and upgrade software packages. Also included are
'pkgtool', a menu based program for installing packages, removing
packages, or viewing the packages that are installed on the system,
'pkgdiff', a utility for comparing two packages, documentation (man
pages), and a few other system admin scripts.

(BTW, shouldn't your question have been posted in the Slackware forum?)