sport

Update the slackbuilds tree via rsync

$ sudo sport rsync

$ sport search "[keyword]"

$ sport check [package]

$ sport cat [package]

$ sudo sport install [package]

$ sudo sport install $(< [path/to/list])

sport command [arguments]

sport is a SlackBuilds package management tool for Slackware Linux. It provides a simple interface to search, view information about, and install packages from the SlackBuilds.org repository.
The tool maintains a local copy of the SlackBuilds tree in /usr/ports, synced via rsync. Before first use, the tree must be initialized. Dependencies must be resolved manually before installation.

rsync

Update the local SlackBuilds tree from slackbuilds.org

Search for packages by name

Check if a package is installed

Display README and .info files for a package

Build and install a SlackBuild package

To set up sport for first use:

$ sudo mkdir -p /usr/ports
sudo rsync -av rsync://slackbuilds.org/slackbuilds/$(awk '{print $2}' /etc/slackware-version)/ /usr/ports/

Dependencies are not automatically resolved; check .info files for requirements. Builds compile from source, requiring development tools. The SlackBuilds tree must be kept updated with sport rsync. Specific to Slackware-based distributions.

sport was created for Slackware Linux to simplify working with SlackBuilds.org, the community repository of build scripts for Slackware. SlackBuilds.org was established in 2006 to provide a standardized way of building third-party software for Slackware.

sbopkg(8), slackpkg(8), slapt-src(8)