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Slackware Package Management

Saturday, August 11, 2007

Following commands are available in slackware to work with packages.

Install
installpkg packagename.tgz

Remove
removepkg packagename.tgz

Upgrade
upgradepkg packagename.tgz

makepkg (Creates a new Slackware compatible package.)

explodepkg packagename.tgz
(Extracts the contents of a Slackware compatible package to the current directory.)

rpm2targz packaganame.rpm
(Converts an RPM package to standard GNU tar + zip format [tar.gz])

rpm2tgz packaganame.rpm
(Converts an RPM (RedHat Package Manager) to a Slackware-compatible package [tgz])

pkgtool
package maintenance tool
 

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