Slackpkg question...download new versions of installed pkgs
 

I have a minimal install, and want to download the latest versions of only the packages I have installed.

What is the easiest way to do this with slackpkg?

So far it seems to want to download everything...

Choose the correct repo in /etc/slackpkg/mirrors

i.e, if you are slackware64 13.0

uncomment the mirror under that heading and choose the one for your country. This will give you updates.

slackpkg update
slackpkg upgrade-all

Usually you put things you don't want updating in /etc/slackpkg/blacklist, but with a minimal install that's going to be a lot of stuff.

I have had a minimal install on one of my machines for about a year now and slackpkg only updates the installed packages. Make sure you only use:

slackpkg update
slackpkg upgrade-all

and it should be fine. Using "slackpkg install-new" will install all the packages you don't have installed so must be avoided, so there's no need to blacklist anything.

I've never tried a minimal install, so I wasn't sure how things would work out.

As already mentioned, slackpkg only upgrades installed packages. The biggest cause for seeing "everything" is the wrong mirror is selected in mirrors.

Make certain that only one mirror is selected and that it matches the install version of Slackware.