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spman

Spman is a powerful Slackware package manager implemented on Python3 and licensed under the MIT license.

This program is available on SlackBuilds.org

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Main features:

• check packages for upgrade
• download package or source code from allowed repositories
• download, build and install packages in the queue from SBo repository
• remove/upgrade packages in the current directory
• view the history of installing/updating/removing packages
• show list all dependencies for package from SBo repository
• view the contents of files included in SlackBuild archive from SBo repository
• search package from each enabled repository and view info
• show complete list of the packages in the repository
• search for problems with dependencies in the system packages using Slackware binary dependency checker (sbbdep) tool or ldd
• search for links to nonexistent files/dir in the specified directory
• check health installed packages
• search for *.new config files on the system
• commands autocompletion

Available repositories: [Slackware.com] [SlackBuilds.org] [Alien's] [Alien's multilib]

Requirements:

• Slackware Linux

Optional dependencies:

• bash-completion - for autocomplete the input parameters (from standard Slackware repository, group extra)
• sbbdep - Slackware binary dependency checker for search dependency problems functionality (available on SlackBuilds.org)
• tqdm - show progress bar for some parameters (available on SlackBuilds.org)

Build and install:

1. `~# wget https://github.com/MyRequiem/spman/archive/2.2.3/spman-2.2.3.tar.gz
2. ~# tar -xvzf spman-2.2.3.tar.gz
3. ~# cd spman-2.2.3/slackbuild
4. ~# ./spman.SlackBuild
5. ~# upgradepkg --install-new --reinstall /tmp/spman-2.2.3-*.t?z

Usage: spman <param> [param[, param ...]]

-h, --help

Print help message and exit:

-v, --check-version

Check program version for update:

-l, --repolist

Print a list of all the repositories allowed in /etc/spman/repo-list Disconnected repositories are highlighted in red:

-r, --repoinfo

Show information about all active repositories:

-b, --blacklist

Show blacklisted packages from /etc/spman/blacklist

-u, --update

Update local data for all repositories. The paths to the log files and lists of packages are specified in /etc/spman/spman.conf

By default:

• /var/log/spman/repo_name/ChangeLog.txt
• /var/lib/spman/repo_name/PACKAGES.TXT (or SLACKBUILDS.TXT)

where repo_name: slack, sbo, alienbob or multilib

NOTE: You must run command 'spman --update' immediately after installing spman and configuring /etc/spman/spman.conf

-t, --health

Check the health of all installed packages on the system and display detailed information:

-w, --new-config

Search for *.new config files on the system:

-g, --check-upgrade

Check all installed packages for upgrade:

-d, --download --pkg|--src <reponame> <pkg>[ <pkg> ...]

Download binary package(s) or source code from specified repository. Binary packages will be downloaded to the directory specified in the BUILD_PATH parameter from /etc/spman/spman.conf (default: /root/spman/build/). Source code and build scripts will be downloaded to BUILD_PATH/pkg_name/ directory.

NOTE: only '--pkg' for reposytory 'multilib', only '--src' for reposytory 'sbo'

-m, --upgrade-pkgs [--only-new]

Install/Upgrade packages in the current directory.

• --only-new
  packages already installed on the system with the same name, version, build number and tag will not be reinstalled.

-e, --remove-pkgs

If there are *.t?z packages in the current directory and they are installed, then these packages will be removed from the system.

-q, --queue --add|--remove|--clear|--show|--install

Download, build and install packages in the queue from SlackBuilds.org (sbo)

• --add <pkg>[ <pkg> ...]
  add package(s) to the queue
• --remove <pkg>[ <pkg> ...]
  remove package(s) from the queue
• --clear
  clear queue
• --show
  print queue
• --install
  download, build and install package(s)

-y, --history [--update]

View the history of installing/updating/removing packages.

• --update
  update the installed packages database (reset history)

-p, --find-deps <pkg>

Show list all dependencies for package from SlackBuilds.org (sbo) repository. The packages already installed in the system are highlighted in green:

-s, --view-slackbuild <pkg>

View the contents of files included in SlackBuild archive using pager:

-f, --find-pkg [--strict] <pattern>

Search for package (case-insensitive) from each enabled repository and view info.

• --strict
  strict match by package name

-i, --pkglist <reponame> [--only-installed]

Show complete list of the packages on repository. The packages already installed in the system are highlighted in green.

• --only-installed
  show only installed packages

-k, --check-deps --sbbdep|--ldd

Search for problems with dependencies in the system packages.

• --sbbdep
  using 'sbbdep' tool
• --ldd
  using 'ldd' tool

-a, --bad-links <path_to_dir>

Search for links to nonexistent files/dirs in the specified directory.