Slackware package manager

blood_omen · 04-24-2004, 04:57 PM

Hello, I'm migrating from Debian to Slackware and I’m looking for something that can resemble ATP, something that can handle dependencies and the like. Is there something like it for Slackware? I’m pretty sure there is.[FONT=arial]

Y@bon · 04-24-2004, 05:03 PM

Yes, slackpkg.
It's locate in extra/slackpkg/ on the second CD.

Or, http://slackpkg.sourceforge.net/ for the last version

blood_omen · 04-25-2004, 01:04 PM

Thanks a lot Y@bon, that sure will help me a lot in my transition, again, thank you, and have a nice day.

XavierP · 04-25-2004, 01:14 PM

Not forgetting SWareT and Slapt-Get - both work in a similar way to apt-get.

blood_omen · 04-25-2004, 01:45 PM

Terrific, I will consider it, thank you XavierP, Have a ncie day.

ringwraith · 04-25-2004, 02:58 PM

But don't expect much from any of them compared to apt. They apps are not nearly as mature. Also there is no tested approved repository such as debian has. Linuxpackages.net is a group of user donated builds.

shilo · 04-25-2004, 03:02 PM

It's handy to add the linuxpackages.net to your swaret.conf file if you use swaret. Made a world of difference to me.

XavierP · 04-25-2004, 03:05 PM

I can honestly say that I have never had a problem with swaret. After installing 9.1, I then updated it and then changed the version in the conf file to current and did another upgrade - everything was downloaded and installed correctly. Swaret is perfect for keeping your system up to date - the packages that come off the cd, that is. For installing other programs and then updating them, I would say your choices should be source, installpkg/upgradepkg (pkgtool) and/or slapt-get.

JockVSJock · 04-25-2004, 08:40 PM

I've only used Swaret, and have had no problems with it so far, how would others rate the other package managers out there for Slackware...?

Chris H · 04-25-2004, 08:47 PM

Emerde is another manager. I've tried that and swaret and IMO swaret performed better.

Emerde here http://emerde.freaknet.org/

Waldi · 04-26-2004, 09:51 AM

I also tried emerde and I'm disappointed with it - this tool is definitely (in it's original "emerge" version) just for Gentoo users. Pgk2por (part of emerde), which should translate installed Slack packages database to portage format doesn't work too good, missing many packages (in my case all X branch for any reason). So when I want to "emerde something" it tries to install a lot of stuff, which is already present on my system, even in newer version.
So, IMO, idea is pretty interesting, but it needs much work to do.

ringwraith · 04-26-2004, 05:49 PM

I tried emerde also. It wants to take over any type install or compile. Which was troublesome. Then I could not find how to remove it. It does not show in the docs. I would not recommend it at all unless you are a testing sort of guy.