#MAN INSTALLPKG INSTALL#
I rarely use the "-r" an "-m" options, they can be used to generateĪnd/or install a subdirectory as a package, but I prefer to use makepkg
Install the package (if you omit the "> package.log" part the report will be What files will be installed and where and I can now judge if I wish to That gives me a file called package.log with information about It, so I issue a command like "installpkg -warn packagename.tgz > In a few cases I may wish to review the content of a package before I install In almost all cases all I do is type a command like "installpkg Package from your slackware CD into a new directory and take a look at "install/doinst.sh" from the package if it's included (try to unpack a Your filesystem, and subsequently it executes the script It does is to unzip and untar the package in the "/" (root) directory of
Installpkg is used to install a prebuilt slackware package. Here's a description of each of them and how I mostly use them. It may seem a bit tedious to have to go through a lot of menus. If, for example, you just need to install a single package, Installed packages and you can then select one or more to remove.Īll of the above functions can also be accomplished by using the command If you select to remove packages you will get a list of all currently Packages and you will be asked a 'yes' or 'no' question about if you want Install packages, you can specify a directory containing one or more Individual packages and you can also remove currently installed packagesīy using the menus and you can install new ones. Provides menu options to view installed packages, the content of You use pkgtool to get an overview of what's installed on your system. There is actually only one menu based tool and that's "pkgtool" all the There are two types of package tools menu based tools and command line Getting to know Slackware packaging tools
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