-I am installing Fluxspace a program for fluxbox.
-this program makes it so you can add icons

-The problem is that i have never dealt with dependencies because i have only used deb or rpm packages

-the distro that i am using is Slackware 9.0 (Have only used Slackware for a few weeks)

Dependencies are

* Python (version 2.1 or better)
* Imlib2
* Fluxbox or other Blackbox derivative. Note that only Fluxbox has been tested to any great extent.
* Rox Filer - if you want to use the optional "rox" module
* Idesk - if you want to use the optional "idesk" module
* Fluxbox/Rox Filer compatibility patch - patches Fluxbox to avoid root menu mouse misbehavior with the Rox pinboard

It would seem like you will need to have Python, Imlib2 and Fluxbox installed. Check to make sure you've got them:

whereis python
whereis imlib2
whereis fluxbox

Also, I would try:

locate python | less
locate imlib2 | less
locate fluxbox | less

Just for good measure. To get out of "less" hit your Q key. Once you've found that you've got them installed then you're good to go with your installation of that program. The others are "options". If you want them, download them and install them if you don't already have them. To find out if you have them or not, do the same commands as above, but substitute the names of the options instead.

Also, check out www.linuxpackages.net for Slackpacks (tarballs that end in .tgz are packages designed for use with Slackware's pkgtool.

Hope this helps.