This package (https://code.google.com/p/pkgsrc-on-slack/) is available for Slackware version 12.2 but not later. Is it possible to install pkgsrc on Slackware 14.1?

Well, not as is but you can build one easily:The package is built, but my advice is: do not try it unless/until you be very acquainted with Slackware.

Why not first try to use Slackware as it is?

Will following work:

Will it be a usable system?

No. No. And No.

Do a full installation.

It will be useful if you can briefly mention why it will NOT be a usable system.

Sorry, I m tired to repeat again and again the same explanations, so please just read these documents:
http://docs.slackware.com/slackware:beginners_guide
http://docs.slackware.com/howtos:mis...with_slackware

Furthermore I have absolutely no idea if pkgsrc works or not, but I very much doubt that you can get all Slackware packages this way.

Your time and advice is much appreciated.

I think you *could* build a usable system that way. You may want/need some stuff from the 'ap' series before proceeding. Don't let the 'only a full install' fellows scare you off.

You have asked many questions that are all focussed around minimal systems. Could I ask what you are trying to achieve? Is it just a learning exercise or do you have some other specific goal? Having some frame of reference, would make it easier for people to assist you.

P.S. a/, d/, l/, n/ will certainly give you a bootable system. You might want to consider adding slackpkg from /ap to ease updating the system and to allow you to quickly install further packages. You might also want to consider installing groff, man and man-pages (also found in the ap/), if you want access to man pages.

Since Slackware installation procedure offers choice of package sets, I thought a smaller selected install would be a good idea. This particular question regarding pkgsrc is from dependency management point of view. Since pkgsrc is a tool having access to a large number of binary packages and that too with dependency resolution, I thought it could fit in well with Slackware.

I think you want Salix, not Slackware.

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well, IMHO, if you're starting with Slackware and you come from other distributions it isn't.
but when you got more confident on how it works yes, you can do that and more.
that too is not a good idea because:
- you shouldn't mix packages from different repositories: this is the fastest way to break your setup as they are built on different systems and they link to different libraries.
- Slackware doesn't do dependency resolution so anything that provides automatic dependency resolution doesn't "fit well".

Why did you think that though?

It is a good idea if you have a need for less packages or you are teaching yourself about how packages interrelate. It is not a good idea in and of itself.

There are many other tools for Slackware, but randomly you have chosen a tool that nobody else has used on Slackware since 2008. If you insist on using pkgsrc, you will need to solve your own problems, because nobody else knows or cares.

I agree with Slax-Dude. I think you want Salix, not Slackware.

pkgsrc is claimed to be compatible with linux. How can I use it with linux?