Installing local packages

[notspecial]

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.

[gapan]

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.

[notspecial]

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.

[gapan]

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

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gksudo spkg %f

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.

[notspecial]

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

Thanks.