Slack Package Manager?
 

What packge manager does Slack use??

Debian uses apt-get, .deb
Fedora uses yum and up2date, rpm

I used Slack a long time ago and can't remember what it used.

pkgtool

If your looking for something with functionality like apt-get or yum, then pkgtool doesn't have that. There are however a few third party apps such as swaret for that

Slapt-get : software.jaos.org/#slapt-get
Swaret : swaret.sourceforge.net/
Slackpkg : slackpkg.sourceforge.net/


Enjoy ;)



Vixiado

Installpkg, upgradepkg, removepkg for slack-packages and there are also a nice site called linuxpackages.net for slack users. But I mainly use swaret for updates...

And the extension for slack packages is .tgz
even though tar.gz compressed binaries also tend to have that extension.

That's because .tgz==.tar.gz. They are the same thing. Used to be, some OSs used an 8.3 naming scheme. The naming is an abbreviation, like isn't==is not.

What makes a certain .tgz file a Slackware package, as opposed to just a compressed file (you may be wondering)? The /install directory. The Slackware package manager (pkgtool) just un-compresses the package (sans the /install directory) in the / directory, shows you the description contained in the /install directory, and (optionally) runs a bash script (if it is present in the /install directory. It also logs this in /var/log/packages.

This good stuff to know.