Slackonly: an update
Posted: 2015-05-16 Filed under: slackbuilds, system | Tags: package, slackbuilds, slackonly 3 CommentsSlackonly is a repository for Slackware packages, compiled from the scripts at SBo. Compilation is done by the excellent slackrepo tool, which ensures the building of clean packages. SlackOnly is not an official repo and is not affiliated with SBo. Read the rest of this entry »
Dependencies calculator
Posted: 2015-04-25 Filed under: slackbuilds, system | Tags: hoorex, package, queues, slackbuilds Leave a commentI came across this interesting discussion at LQ, introducing a new tool called HooRex (a pun for “who requires”). The program scans the SBo repository and determines dependency relations between packages in both directions: Read the rest of this entry »
Slackonly: packages built from SBo
Posted: 2014-04-12 Filed under: misc, slackbuilds, system | Tags: package, slackbuilds, slackonly, slackware 3 CommentsI read about a new project at SlackWorld, with a domain called Slackonly. It provides a repository of packages (for the x86_64 architecture at the moment) built by the scripts at SlackBuilds.org. The repository contains MD5 sums and GPG signatures for all of its packages. In addition, to resolve dependencies problems, the REQUIRES information from the *.info files will be provided in a separate file. Read the rest of this entry »
Recovering installed packages
Posted: 2014-04-05 Filed under: slackbuilds, system | Tags: package, recover, slackbuilds 2 CommentsI came across an interesting discussion at LQ, about extracting a package from its installation and recovering the installable package. Useful if you want to uninstall something, but are not sure if you may need it in the future. Read the rest of this entry »
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