The lack of usable package management in Slackware is what drove me to Debian (sometime around 2003 or 2004). I haven't tried Slackware since, but it is odd that they still haven't addressed this issue.
Are there any other distros that have a Slackware-like configuration system (i.e. simple rc files) but with better package management? -Shankar On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 1:34 PM, Jerry Natowitz <[email protected]> wrote: > There is barely any package management in Slackware. A very basic set of > tools to install, remove, or upgrade packages. No database, just a few > directories with file lists for installed, removed, and upgraded packages. > No dependency checking, just a search to make sure files are not being > over-written. > > There are a few add on package managers. I use slapt-get. > > ---- Original message ---- >>Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 02:19:19 -0500 >>From: [email protected] (on behalf of Tom Metro >><[email protected]>) >>Subject: Re: [Discuss] Slackware >>To: Glenn Becker <[email protected]> >>Cc: L-blu <[email protected]> >> >>Glenn Becker wrote: >>>> What is the claimed advantage...? >>> >>> Slackware is great if you like your system clean, no-frills, very >>> 'UNIX-y' and you don't mind configuring things by editing text files >>> (and you also don't mind reading and following documentation and >>> occasionally figuring things out on your own). >> >>All of that would equally apply to Debian. Anyone with experience with >>both that can say how they contrast? >> >>What, if anything, does Slackware use for package management? >> >> >>>> (Is LinuxQuestions.org a Slackware hangout?) >>> >>> Yes. It hosts what is, unless I am mistaken, THE Slackware bulletin >>> board. >> >>Ah, that would explain the survey results. >> >> -Tom >> >>-- >>Tom Metro >>Venture Logic, Newton, MA, USA >>"Enterprise solutions through open source." >>Professional Profile: http://tmetro.venturelogic.com/ >>_______________________________________________ >>Discuss mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
