sport

linux

Search and install SlackBuilds.

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Options (2)

-p, --parentsboolean

Pull the list of SlackBuilds to run `sport` for the first time

Example:

sudo mkdir {{[-p|--parents]}} /usr/ports && sudo rsync {{[-av|--archive --verbose]}} rsync://slackbuilds.org /slackbuilds/$(awk '{print $2}' /etc/slackware-version)/ /usr/ports/

boolean

Pull the list of SlackBuilds to run `sport` for the first time

Example:

sudo mkdir {{[-p|--parents]}} /usr/ports && sudo rsync {{[-av|--archive --verbose]}} rsync://slackbuilds.org /slackbuilds/$(awk '{print $2}' /etc/slackware-version)/ /usr/ports/

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Pull the list of SlackBuilds to run `sport` for the first time

sudo mkdir [-p|--parents] /usr/ports && sudo rsync [-av|--archive --verbose] rsync://slackbuilds.org /slackbuilds/$(awk '{print $2}' /etc/slackware-version)/ /usr/ports/

Pull in any updates to the system's tree via `rsync`

sudo sport rsync

Search for a package by name

sport search "keyword"

Check if a package is installed

sport check package

Display README and `.info` files of a package

sport cat package

Install a package once the dependencies are resolved

sudo sport install package

Install a list of packages from a file (format: packages separated by spaces)

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

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