slapt-get
slapt-get is an APT-like system for Slackware package management. It allows you to search Slackware mirrors and third-party package sources (such as www.linuxpackages.net) for packages, compare them with installed packages, and install new packages or upgrade installed packages, all with a few simple commands.
| Tags | Operating Systems Linux Distributions Archiving Packaging Software Distribution Systems Administration Utilities |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
| Operating Systems | POSIX Linux |
| Implementation | C |
Recent releases
- 30 May 2009 20:44
Changes: This release features several bugfixes, including parsing the new format for compressed and uncompressed package sizes, handling of certain kinds of package naming when extracting the MD5 checksum, and updated documentation.
- 29 Apr 2009 11:09
Changes: This release fixes a recent download issue with file size mismatches. MD5 metadata now matches the new Slackware format in the package log. The German and Brazilian Portuguese translations were updated. Several other small changes were made.
- 16 Dec 2008 06:51
Changes: This release fixes several issues with the previously released new features.
- 14 Dec 2008 06:22
Changes: This release features the ability to assign priorities to package repositories, along with many small fixes.
- 27 Jul 2008 06:36
Changes: This release fixes infrequent issues with fetching source data from certain HTTP servers, and --ignore-dep now also ignores conflicts on upgrade. A Romanian translation has also been added.
- All comments
Recent commentsRe: Synaptic
> While I like slapt-get very much (
> being a former Debian user ) I would
> like it even more if I had Synaptic
> available . Since slap-get is
> implemented would it be so difficult to
> have Synaptic ?
Hopefully glsapt will soon fill that need.
Synaptic
While I like slapt-get very much ( being a former Debian user ) I would like it even more if I had Synaptic available . Since slap-get is implemented would it be so difficult to have Synaptic ?
Apt-get for RPM has Synaptic , why shouldn't slapt-get have it ?
Right now I'm enjoying Slack's speed but I'm just about to give it up to go back to the almost perfect apt-get+aptitude+Synaptic+huge Debian repository .
I realise that Slackware doesn't have all that for now but even though it has slapt-get will it ever have it all ?
I think the day for the DIY no dependencies handling are gone so it's about time Slackware implemented a new package managment system to fully support dependencies.
Re: Error
> -c -o src/common.o src/common.c
> In file included from src/common.c:19:
> include/main.h:25:23: curl/curl.h: No
> such file or directory
> include/main.h:26:24: curl/types.h: No
> such file or directory
> include/main.h:27:23: curl/easy.h: No
> such file or directory
> make: *** [src/common.o] Error 1
You need libcurl installed to build from source. See the list of Dependencies above on this project's page for a link to libcurl.
Error
(root@hater.telehor.org)[~]# cd slapt-get-0.9.9g
(root@hater.telehor.org)[~/slapt-get-0.9.9g]# ls
COPYING Changelog FAQ FAQ.html INSTALL Makefile README TODO example.slapt-getrc include po slack-desc slack-required slapt-get.8 src
(root@hater.telehor.org)[~/slapt-get-0.9.9g]# pico INSTALL
(root@hater.telehor.org)[~/slapt-get-0.9.9g]# make
gcc -W -Werror -Wall -O2 -ansi -pedantic -Iinclude -DPROGRAM_NAME="\"slapt-get\"" -DVERSION="\"0.9.9g\"" -DRC_LOCATION="\"/etc/slapt-get/slapt-getrc\"" -DENABLE_NLS -DLOCALESDIR="\"/usr/share/locale\"" -c -o src/common.o src/common.c
In file included from src/common.c:19:
include/main.h:25:23: curl/curl.h: No such file or directory
include/main.h:26:24: curl/types.h: No such file or directory
include/main.h:27:23: curl/easy.h: No such file or directory
make: *** [src/common.o] Error 1
Slapt Update 1.0 Released!
For those of you who are not on the slapt-get mailing lists, I'd like to introduce you to my 'Slapt Update' script.
This script will notify you via email about new Slackware packages as they become availible. It has the following features:
[*] Sends an email notification that includes the list of packages that have been updated,removed or added along with the new changelog excerpt
[*] Ability to track either current or stable
[*] Ability to automatically download (but not install) packages when new updates are found
[*] Ability to ignore excludes
[*] Ability to report obsolete packages
[*] Ability to send the report to STDOUT rather than an email
[*] If Changelog URL stops working, a notification email will be sent
[*] Changelog report is optional
[*] Ability to have the script check for new versions of itself
Get it at http://www.atozcomp.com/slapt_update