A lot of (Alternative Package Tools) in Slackware

Posted 02-10-2009 at 10:10 PM by alMubarmij

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Originally Posted by alMubarmij

Maybe pkgtools don't do enough for you, maybe you want a GUI, or maybe you just want to be different. Either way there are several different ways to manage your packages on Slackware.
Programs that convert between package types (like Alien) are not included in this list.

Package Creation

BuildPKG - package creation tool similar to Arch’s makepkg (different from Slack’s)
CheckInstall - makes a package by wrapping the “make install” step of compiling
Frogz - source package creation tool
makepack - dependency tracking source package compiler
mkpkg - toolkit for automagically building slackware or OpenLab packages
slacktrack - tool to assist with building Slackware packages from the $package.build scripts

Dependancy Tracking

amypkg - dependency tracking package manager
Slackdeptrack - tool to list dependencies of installed packages
slack-get (maybe here too) - apt-get like auto-updater
slapt-get - APT like system for Slackware
Slackselect - dselect-like package manager
SWareT - dependency tracking update tool

GUI

gnome-pkgtool - GNOME pkgtool front-end
PKGsummon - GUI package updater
SlackGrade - GUI updater
SlackIns - QT based GUI for pkgtool
SlackMan - GNOME pkgtool front-end
Smart - multi-backend package manager (also comes with cli)
XPKGTOOL - GUI pkgtool front-end

CLI

Getpkg - menu driven downloader and installer
spkg - Slackware package manager written in C

Update Tools

autoslack - updater
SlackCheck - multi-machine updater
slackpkg - tool for installing or upgrading packages through network
SlackRoll - update manager
SlackUpdate - tool to check for, download and install Slackware updates

ChangeLog Viewers

kslackcheck - tool for viewing the Slackware ChangeLog.txt
SCLog - GNOME update notifier
Slackcurrent - package update checker

Ports/Portage

Emerde - port of Gentoo’s portage system
CruxPorts4Slack - Allows you to use Crux ports system on Slackware

Misc

pack-age - tells number of days a package hasn’t been used
Slaktool - project to improve the Slackware package manager

Still want more? Try searching for Slackware at Freshmeat or Sourceforge. There’s a lot more neat stuff left to be discovered.

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The Source: "Slackware Blog"
http://slackware.wordpress.com/2007/...package-tools/

Now ..
What is missing tools in this article ?
And which one is better ?

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Cool list! For Vector (VL), first I needed: slapt-get --update

Posted 10-02-2017 at 06:40 PM by GentleThotSeaMonkey