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Does it have a package manager yet?

Tomte 11y ago
Slackware has always had a package manager, from the beginning. What you probably mean is "does it have a package manager with dependency resolution, yet?". And the answer has been "yes" for years now. Several, actually. They aren't included in the main installation, but they are widely used. See also http://docs.slackware.com/slackware:package_management http://docs.slackware.com/slackware:package_management
- DeepYogurt 11y ago
  Right, what I mean is can I type apt-get/dnf/zypper/emerge/whatever install apache and have that work
  - babuskov 11y ago
    swaret, slapt-get, etc. listed in Unofficial Tools section on that page do exactly as you wrote. However, I find that people who choose Slackware usually like to compile stuff on their own. It can be a painful experience with some programs that have narrow version compatibility ranges for some libraries. For example, I recall building Inkscape and Workrave to be a nightmare because you had to try 5-10 versions of some dependencies until it clicked.
    - ihsw 11y ago
      I remember this, trying to install various dependencies. It was a complete nightmare.
      - keithpeter 11y ago
        I'm a lazy end user. AlienBob has binaries of his slackbuilds for download and the Microlinux Desktop (Nicholas Kovacks) provides a range of binary builds for a nice xfce4 desktop. 14.2: microlinux builds are on hold a bit until 14.2 gets more stable. There is also the slackonly binaries that are built from the slackbuild scripts at slackbuilds.org. Not sure how maintained slackonly is but many of the 14.1 builds work fine. You don't have to compile a lot unless you want special options or if you have trust issues about binaries.
        babuskov 11y ago
        Yes, I used a lot of alien's packages. IIRC, there was no Inkscape so I had to do it manually.
        keithpeter 11y ago
        To save some electricity for anyone else... Nicholas Kovack's microlinux has inkscape 0.91 binaries compiled for both 14.1 and 14.2. The 14.2 32 bit version is working fine. You just need the inkscape package from http://www.microlinux.fr/microlinux/desktop-14.2-32bit/slackware/ http://www.microlinux.fr/microlinux/desktop-14.2-32bit/slack... On 14.1 you will need more libraries to support Inkscape version 0.91. I found these worked... atkmm-2.22.7-i486-1_microlinux.txz cairomm-1.10.0-i486-1_microlinux.txz glibmm-2.36.2-i486-1_microlinux.txz gsl-1.16-i486-1_microlinux.txz gtkmm-2.24.4-i486-1_microlinux.txz inkscape-0.91-i486-1_microlinux.txz libsigc++-2.2.11-i486-1_microlinux.txz pangomm-2.34.0-i486-1_microlinux.txz
guessbest 11y ago
Slackware does not and very likely will not have dependency resolution. Its package manager is pkg which is a script that explodes a gzipped tarball from root.

Tomte 11y ago

Slackware has always had a package manager, from the beginning. What you probably mean is "does it have a package manager with dependency resolution, yet?". And the answer has been "yes" for years now. Several, actually. They aren't included in the main installation, but they are widely used. See also http://docs.slackware.com/slackware:package_management http://docs.slackware.com/slackware:package_management

DeepYogurt 11y ago
Right, what I mean is can I type apt-get/dnf/zypper/emerge/whatever install apache and have that work
- babuskov 11y ago
  swaret, slapt-get, etc. listed in Unofficial Tools section on that page do exactly as you wrote. However, I find that people who choose Slackware usually like to compile stuff on their own. It can be a painful experience with some programs that have narrow version compatibility ranges for some libraries. For example, I recall building Inkscape and Workrave to be a nightmare because you had to try 5-10 versions of some dependencies until it clicked.
  - ihsw 11y ago
    I remember this, trying to install various dependencies. It was a complete nightmare.
    - keithpeter 11y ago
      I'm a lazy end user. AlienBob has binaries of his slackbuilds for download and the Microlinux Desktop (Nicholas Kovacks) provides a range of binary builds for a nice xfce4 desktop. 14.2: microlinux builds are on hold a bit until 14.2 gets more stable. There is also the slackonly binaries that are built from the slackbuild scripts at slackbuilds.org. Not sure how maintained slackonly is but many of the 14.1 builds work fine. You don't have to compile a lot unless you want special options or if you have trust issues about binaries.
      - babuskov 11y ago
        Yes, I used a lot of alien's packages. IIRC, there was no Inkscape so I had to do it manually.
        keithpeter 11y ago
        To save some electricity for anyone else... Nicholas Kovack's microlinux has inkscape 0.91 binaries compiled for both 14.1 and 14.2. The 14.2 32 bit version is working fine. You just need the inkscape package from http://www.microlinux.fr/microlinux/desktop-14.2-32bit/slackware/ http://www.microlinux.fr/microlinux/desktop-14.2-32bit/slack... On 14.1 you will need more libraries to support Inkscape version 0.91. I found these worked... atkmm-2.22.7-i486-1_microlinux.txz cairomm-1.10.0-i486-1_microlinux.txz glibmm-2.36.2-i486-1_microlinux.txz gsl-1.16-i486-1_microlinux.txz gtkmm-2.24.4-i486-1_microlinux.txz inkscape-0.91-i486-1_microlinux.txz libsigc++-2.2.11-i486-1_microlinux.txz pangomm-2.34.0-i486-1_microlinux.txz

guessbest 11y ago

Slackware does not and very likely will not have dependency resolution. Its package manager is pkg which is a script that explodes a gzipped tarball from root.