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sport — Search and install SlackBuilds. More information: <http://slackermedia.info/handbook/doku.php?id=sla

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Problem

How to use the sport command: Search and install SlackBuilds. More information: <http://slackermedia.info/handbook/doku.php?id=slackbuilds>.

Solution

sport — Search and install SlackBuilds. More information: <http://slackermedia.info/handbook/doku.php?id=slackbuilds>.

Pull the list of SlackBuilds to run sport for the first time:

sudo mkdir {{[-p|--parents]}} /usr/ports && sudo rsync {{[-av|--archive --verbose]}} rsync://slackbuilds.org /slackbuilds/$(awk '{print $2}' /etc/slackware-version)/ /usr/ports/

Pull in any updates to the system's tree via rsync:

sudo sport rsync

Search for a package by name:

sport search "{{keyword}}"

Check if a package is installed:

sport check {{package}}

Display README and .info files of a package:

sport cat {{package}}

Install a package once the dependencies are resolved:

sudo sport install {{package}}

Install a list of packages from a file (format: packages separated by spaces):

sudo sport install $(< {{path/to/list}})

Code Snippets

Pull the list of SlackBuilds to run `sport` for the first time

sudo mkdir {{[-p|--parents]}} /usr/ports && sudo rsync {{[-av|--archive --verbose]}} rsync://slackbuilds.org /slackbuilds/$(awk '{print $2}' /etc/slackware-version)/ /usr/ports/

Pull in any updates to the system's tree via `rsync`

sudo sport rsync

Search for a package by name

sport search "{{keyword}}"

Check if a package is installed

sport check {{package}}

Display README and `.info` files of a package

sport cat {{package}}

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