Salix OS

Does slapt-get/gslapt support installing/updating a single local package that is not part of an upstream repo? Or do the parent Slackware tools installpkg/upgradepkg need to be used?

Thanks.

You can use either the slackware pkgtools or spkg, which is faster and does more checks.

If you have a bunch of them, it's better to create a local repo and add that to your /etc/slapt-get/slapt-getrc. Look in your /usr/doc/slapt-get-$VERSION/FAQ for more info.

I was hoping for a GUI solution. I installed Salix for a long-distance person, all working fine, but a pointy-clicky person. The person can use the terminal but I prefer to avoid that. I installed some of my own shell scripts and I want to update those remotely for the person. I thought a local package with gslapt might be an option but I found no obvious way.

I'll have to look into other options such as GUI downloaders or using a web browser.

Thanks.

Well, there are thunar custom actions swhich could potentially do exactly what you want. You can set them up in your Edit menu in thunar. You can create a custom action for *.txz and *.tgz files that would run something like Haven't tried it, but it should work.

Alternatively, you can create an online repo yourself, host your packages there and add that to their /etc/slapt-get/slapt-getrc. They will just be upgraded by gslapt that way.

I'll look into creating an online repo and adding to /etc/slapt-get. The idea of file manager context menus sounds tempting.

Thanks.