[Discuss] Slackware

[Shankar Viswanathan]

The lack of usable package management in Slackware is what drove me to
Debian (sometime around 2003 or 2004). I haven't tried Slackware
since, but it is odd that they still haven't addressed this issue.

Are there any other distros that have a Slackware-like configuration
system (i.e. simple rc files) but with better package management?

-Shankar


On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 1:34 PM, Jerry Natowitz <j.natowitz at rcn.com> wrote:
> There is barely any package management in Slackware.  A very basic set of tools to install, remove, or upgrade packages.  No database, just a few directories with file lists for installed, removed, and upgraded packages.
> No dependency checking, just a search to make sure files are not being over-written.
>
> There are a few add on package managers.  I use slapt-get.
>
> ---- Original message ----
>>Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 02:19:19 -0500
>>From: discuss-bounces+j.natowitz=rcn.com at blu.org (on behalf of Tom Metro <tmetro-blu at vl.com>)
>>Subject: Re: [Discuss] Slackware
>>To: Glenn Becker <burningc at SDF.ORG>
>>Cc: L-blu <discuss at blu.org>
>>
>>Glenn Becker wrote:
>>>> What is the claimed advantage...?
>>>
>>> Slackware is great if you like your system clean, no-frills, very
>>> 'UNIX-y' and you don't mind configuring things by editing text files
>>> (and you also don't mind reading and following documentation and
>>> occasionally figuring things out on your own).
>>
>>All of that would equally apply to Debian. Anyone with experience with
>>both that can say how they contrast?
>>
>>What, if anything, does Slackware use for package management?
>>
>>
>>>> (Is LinuxQuestions.org a Slackware hangout?)
>>>
>>> Yes. It hosts what is, unless I am mistaken, THE Slackware bulletin
>>> board.
>>
>>Ah, that would explain the survey results.
>>
>> -Tom
>>
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