Add Package installer for Slackware Please
- Dominant language
- Shell
- Stars
- 2
- Forks
- 9
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Description
Slackware uses no dependency checking, and 4 bash scripts form the package tools. The packages are basically tar xz archives abbreviated to txz.
1. Installpkg - as it says.
2. Removepkg - as it says
3. Upgradepkg - will upgrade or downgrade a package
4. Makepkg - will make a package
5. explodepkg will open a package in the current directory
Slackware has a pkgtools package which can be exploded (tar -xvf) and examined. To make a package, run a few commands
There's no dependencies to be searched down. We do that ourselves.
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Research direction
Start by examining the existing install.sh entry points and Slackware's pkgtools, using the linked Slackbook package-management reference for context. Determine how the installer should invoke installpkg, removepkg, upgradepkg, makepkg, and explodepkg; done means Slackware packages are handled without dependency resolution.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- linux, shell
- Domain
- cli, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100