Add it to the EXCLUDE line in slapt-getrc. In the snippet of my slapt-getrc below, you can see how I added nodjs to the EXCLUDE line.

# Working directory for local storage/cache.
WORKINGDIR=/var/slapt-get

# Exclude package names and expressions.
# To exclude pre and beta packages, add this to the ...

On occasion, I had the pleasure of corresponding with Didier through email and these forums. He was always helpful and kind. May he rest in peace.

Working here on my Dell Micro Desktop . If you ignore the mis-boot due to my forgetting to copy the new kernel and initrd over to the EFI partition , it booted on the first try.
rich[~]$ uname -nsrpvi
Linux rich-desktop.laprjns.com 6.12.63 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sun Dec 21 18:06:27 -00 2025 Intel(R ...

Working here on my MacBook Pro (circa 2011). If you ignore the mis-boot due to fat-fingering my elilo.conf file, it booted on the first try.

rich[~]rich[~]$ uname -nsrpvpi
Linux macbookpro.laprjns.com 6.12.63 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sun Dec 21 18:06:27 -00 2025 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3210M CPU @ 2 ...

Merry Christmas to all, and have a safe and Happy New Year.

Rich

I getting the same errors that you got. Also tried the 9.0 version and got the same error. Something is wrong with the SlackBuild . I know nothing about this package and what to does but I did pass the error output to Grok AI and this is what it said.

The error you're seeing is caused by ...

ibka wrote: ↑20. Oct 2025, 15:05 if i use:

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sudo env LANG=sv_SE.utf8 salix-update-manager

or

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sudo env LANG=da_DK.utf8 salix-update-manager

it is not working.

I tried both these command with and without sudo and they are working fine here.

Installed and quickly tested here. Working as describe, both from the menu and command line.
Thanks

Changing line 622 in /usr/sbin/salix-update-manager to fixed the problem. Now I get the "..no available update message".

Here you go. I have never used sudo or su to install a flatpak, but my user is in the wheel group.

rich[Downloads]$ sudo flatpak list --system
Password:
Name Application ID Version Branch
Bambu Studio com.bambulab.BambuStudio 2.3.0 Public Release stable
UltiMaker Cura com.ultimaker.cura 5.10.2 ...