Preferred method of package management and software installation?

enorbet · 04-20-2022, 08:09 PM

I'd prefer to vote for pkgtools as the Main, and slackpkg as a sometimes adjunct since slackpkg is the database and gathering tool, not the package management engine and I still do base manual installs gathering my own from slackbuilds.org as well as making my own packages from source. I know the perceived bloat bothers Mr. Torvalds, but I have 2 appimages that I don't hate.

Tonus · 04-21-2022, 12:16 AM

What I like the most with slackpkg is the track of new config files. From time to time (or on the build vm) I do use clean-system as well.

Otherwise, what fit my needs is to keep a local mirror up to date an use basic pkgtools.

Third party is with sbopkg.

Gerard Lally · 04-21-2022, 03:01 AM

Full install of Slackware, plus

Code:

sqg

and

Code:

sbopkg -kRqi

for third-party slackbuilds.

Gerard Lally · 04-21-2022, 03:06 AM

You also forgot pkgsrc and Flatpak.

Dependency management has not been a problem on Slackware for many years, but dependency hell remains a problem on other platforms. Try removing just Evolution from Debian or OpenSUSE, for example, and see for yourself how many hundreds of "dependencies" they kindly offer to remove for you.

imitis · 04-21-2022, 09:14 AM

slackpkg to keep slackware updated and sbotools for slackbuilds

chrisretusn · 04-21-2022, 09:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by drumz

Very true. My point was some people use only pkgtools and not other tools built on top of it.

True. In fact before I discovered the usefulness of slackpkg that is exactly what I did. That was quite a while ago.

pm_a_cup_of_tea · 04-23-2022, 07:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by montagdude

...Some people use slackrepo to manage their SlackBuilds, which is a very powerful tool but has a bit steeper learning curve and has features that might be overkill for the average user (e.g., to build a complete repo of binary packages that can then be accessed via slackpkg+).

This is how I'm spending this weekend

. Thanks for the tip. I had seen it mentioned before but was put off by the 2015 date.

solarfields · 04-23-2022, 12:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pm_a_cup_of_tea

This is how I'm spending this weekend

. Thanks for the tip. I had seen it mentioned before but was put off by the 2015 date.

there's an updated slackrepo available at SBo:
https://slackbuilds.org/repository/1...tem/slackrepo/

that's how I set it up before:
https://slackalaxy.com/2018/09/09/ow...es-repository/

hope that's useful

dugan · 04-23-2022, 12:19 PM

When I was still using Slackware, it was sbotools.

pm_a_cup_of_tea · 04-23-2022, 12:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by solarfields

there's an updated slackrepo available at SBo:
https://slackbuilds.org/repository/1...tem/slackrepo/

that's how I set it up before:
https://slackalaxy.com/2018/09/09/ow...es-repository/

hope that's useful

Very, thank you. Maybe next weekend too