Install sbopkg on Slackware

Gregg

Sbopkg is a command‐line and dialog‐based tool to interact with the SlackBuilds.org repository, a collection of third‐party SlackBuild scripts to build Slackware packages.

Here are the steps for installing the latest version of sbopkg with Slackware.

  1. Download the latest Slackware package from https://www.sbopkg.org/downloads.php using whatever method you find most convenient. At the time of this writing the latest version is https://github.com/sbopkg/sbopkg/releases/download/0.38.2/sbopkg-0.38.2-noarch-1_wsr.tgz. I will use that version in the commands below. If the version has changed, you would use the new filename in the commands. You can also use wget <packagename> to download it directly.

  2. Open your favorite terminal and su to root.

  3. Change to the directory where you downloaded the package.

  4. Run the command installpkg sbopkg-0.38.2-noarch-1_wsr.tgz

If all goes well, sbopkg will now be installed.

To run sbopkg, open your favorite terminal, su - to root, and type sbopkg.

As usual, see the man or info page for more information.