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installpkg — Install a Slackware package. More information: <https://www.slackbook.org/html/book.html#PACKAGE-MAN

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Problem

How to use the installpkg command: Install a Slackware package. More information: <https://www.slackbook.org/html/book.html#PACKAGE-MANAGEMENT-PACKAGE-UTILITIES-INSTALLPKG>.

Solution

installpkg — Install a Slackware package. More information: <https://www.slackbook.org/html/book.html#PACKAGE-MANAGEMENT-PACKAGE-UTILITIES-INSTALLPKG>.

Install a package:

sudo installpkg {{path/to/package.tgz}}

Generate a report of a simulated installation to stdout:

installpkg -warn {{path/to/package.tgz}}

Create a package from current directory and its subdirectories:

installpkg -m {{package_name.tgz}}

Install the contents of the current directory and subdirectories as a package with a specified name:

sudo installpkg -r {{package_name.tgz}}

Code Snippets

Install a package

sudo installpkg {{path/to/package.tgz}}

Generate a report of a simulated installation to `stdout`

installpkg -warn {{path/to/package.tgz}}

Create a package from current directory and its subdirectories

installpkg -m {{package_name.tgz}}

Install the contents of the current directory and subdirectories as a package with a specified name

sudo installpkg -r {{package_name.tgz}}

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