[Slapt-get-user] announcing slapt-src 0.1

Jason Woodward woodwardj at jaos.org
Sun Oct 3 15:29:07 EDT 2010


slapt-src is a utility to make querying, retrieving, and building
slackbuilds as easily as working with binary packages with slapt-get. Files
and documentation available from http://software.jaos.org/#slapt-src. Here
is an excerpt from the man page:

SYNOPSIS
       slapt-src [ option(s) ] [ action ]

       options: [ --yes | -y ] [ --config | -c ] [ --no-dep | -n ]

       action:	[ --update|-u ] [ --list |-l ] [ --search |-s ] [ --show
|-w ]
       [ --install|-i ] [ --build |-b ] [ --fetch |-f ]

DESCRIPTION
       slapt-src is a utility  to  make  querying,  retrieving,  and 
building
       slackbuilds as easily as working with binary packages with
slapt-get.

OPTIONS
       --yes | -y
	      Do not prompt

       --config | -c
	      Use  the	specified  configuration  file	instead of
/etc/slapt-
	      get/slapt-srcrc

       --no-dep | -n
	      Do not look for dependencies.

ACTIONS
       --update|-u
	      Update the local cache of remote slackbuilds.

       --list|-l
	      List  available  slackbuilds  from  enabled  remote  
slackbuild
	      sources.

       --search|-s [expression(s)
	      Search  available  slackbuilds  from  enabled  remote
slackbuild
	      sources.

       --show|-w [expression(s)]
	      Show information about specified slackbuilds.

       --install|-i [expression(s)]
	      Fetch, build, and install the specified slackbuild(s).

       --build|-b [expression(s)]
	      Only fetch and build the specified slackbuild(s).

       --fetch|-f [expression(s)]
	      Only fetch the specified slackbuild(s).

CONFIGURATION
       slapt-src checks The configuration file /etc/slapt-get/slapt-srcrc 
for
       options and slackbuild locations.

       Each slackbuild location is defined with a a SOURCE token.

       The  default package file extension is defined by specifying the
PKGEXT
       token.

       The default package tag can be set by specifying the PKGTAG token.

       An example configuration file may look like this:
       # sample slapt-getrc
      
SOURCE=http://www.slackware.org.uk/html/slapt-src/slackbuilds.org/13.1/
       BUILDDIR=/tmp
       PKGEXT=txz
       PKGTAG=me




--
Jason Woodward
<woodwardj at jaos.org>


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