Reading through the slapt-get F.A.Q (found here:
http://software.jaos.org/BUILD/slapt-get/FAQ) I came across the following
Q/A

"2. Why yet another package management tool for slackware?

To scratch and itch of mine, which also scratched an itch of a friend. I
created it originally without looking for an existing solution. I now
understand Slackware already has existing utilities that provide similar
functionality. I believe slapt-get to be superior because of it's speed and
simplicity. I do not believe slapt-get takes away anything from these
existing tools, slapt-get can stand on it's own merits. In the end, choice
is great for the end users (just as in the desktop enviroment category).
Regardless, I do not aim for inclusion within Slackware. I only want to make
this availabe in hopes that others will find it useful."

I am particularly interested in the statement "I now
understand Slackware already has existing utilities that provide similar
functionality."

Up to this point I have done little with regard to installing packages in
Slackware. Typically I just download the source and compile it myself.

Nevertheless after screwing around with Debian a bit recently I kind of
got used to the convenience of the apt-get process.

What is the author of the "slapt-get FAQ" refering to when he speaks of
"existing utilies" that provide "similar functionality"? I'd like to check
them out.

me@127.0.0.1 wrote:

> What is the author of the "slapt-get FAQ" refering to when he speaks
> of "existing utilies" that provide "similar functionality"? I'd like
> to check them out.

He may be referring to swaret which is available from Slack mirrors in
"extra".
Great utility for upgrading. I created an alias on my home PC to do all the
process in one single command :

alias Swaret='sudo swaret --update && sudo swaret --upgrade'

The Windows update utility on the machine I'm currently using (at work) is
just crap compared with swaret...

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> What is the author of the "slapt-get FAQ" refering to when he speaks of
> "existing utilies" that provide "similar functionality"? I'd like to check
> them out.
>
Why don't you email said author? He's bound to know better what he
meant than anyone here.

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On 07 Jan 2004 17:26:22 GMT, Bartosz Oudekerk
<bartosz@see_my_GnuPG-key.com> wrote:



>>
> Why don't you email said author? He's bound to know better what he
> meant than anyone here.
>
I knew a guy in college who did that with a major textbook. We had a
cultural antropology paper due and had no clue what this book was saying.
So he sees the guy who wrote it is a Professer at U of Texas in Austin. So
he calls informatiion and ends up with the professor's number. Then calls
the guy who wrote the book and he sits on the phone for like an hr.
helping my friend out with his paper!

I was like man. why didn't i think of that!!!

Peace,
Pilgrim

me@127.0.0.1 wrote:
> What is the author of the "slapt-get FAQ" refering to when he speaks of
> "existing utilies" that provide "similar functionality"? I'd like to check
> them out.

The three tools I'm familiar with are
swaret
slackpkg
slapt-get

LinuxSneaker
swaret co-author