Setting Up Slackpkg+ In Slackware64 15

  1. # Download the latest slackpkg+ from https://sourceforge.net/projects/slackpkgplus/files/ .

  2. # Then proceed with the following steps as root.

    installpkg slackpkg+*.t?z
cp -p /etc/slackpkg/slackpkgplus.conf /etc/slackpkg/slackpkgplus.conf.orig

  3. vi /etc/slackpkg/slackpkgplus.conf #Have the following configured:

    REPOPLUS=( slackpkgplus restricted alienbob slackonly )

# Slackware 15.0 - x86_64
#MIRRORPLUS['multilib']=https://slackware.nl/people/alien/multilib/15.0/
MIRRORPLUS['alienbob']=https://slackware.nl/people/alien/sbrepos/15.0/x86_64
MIRRORPLUS['restricted']=https://slackware.nl/people/alien/restricted_sbrepos/15.0/x86_64

# use this to keep the slackpkg+ package updated to the latest stable release
MIRRORPLUS['slackpkgplus']=https://slakfinder.org/slackpkg+15/
MIRRORPLUS['slackonly']=http://slackonly.com/pub/packages/15.0-x86_64/

  4. # If you haven't enabled a mirror yet:

    cd /etc/slackpkg
cp -p mirrors mirrors.orig
vi mirrors # Enable a mirror.

  5. # Proceed with the following commands:

    slackpkg update gpg
slackpkg update
slackpkg upgrade-all

  6. # Execute only if new kernel is installed and you are using grub:

    grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

  7. reboot

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