slackpkg is a

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tool for installing or upgrading packages automatically through a

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or over the

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for Slackware. slackpkg was included in the main tree in Slackware 12.2 - previously it had been included in extras/ since Slackware 9.1. It is licensed under the

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(GPL). slackpkg is an automated

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tool written for Slackware as a shell script, like

Swaret Swaret was a program for the Slackware Linux distribution A Linux distribution (often abbreviated as distro) is an operating system made from a software collection that includes the Linux kernel and, often, a package management system. Linux u ...

. It was designed to make a Slackware system administrator's job easier by allowing routine package management tasks to be accomplished in a single command. slackpkg does not replace the Slackware package management tools such as installpkg and upgradepkg; rather it uses them. Some of the features of slackpkg include automated package installation, upgrading and searching. Many of these features, such as package deinstallation, can be performed more directly by using the Slackware package tools themselves, though their incorporation in slackpkg provides a more consistent

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. Slackpkg does not resolve dependencies between packages, like

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from

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and openSUSE. Only third-party applications, such as

slapt-get slapt-get is an APT-like package management system for Slackware. Slapt-get tries to emulate the features of Debian's (apt-get) as closely as possible. Released under the terms of the GNU General Public License, slapt-get is free software. ...

, have an automated package relation management.

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* * {{Linux package management systems Free package management systems Linux package management-related software Linux-only free software Slackware

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