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       Title: How to use Slackware community slackbuilds
       Author: Solène
       Date: 13 November 2020
       Tags: slackware
       Description: 
       
       In today article I will explain how to use
       [Slackbuilds](https://slackbuilds.org/) repository on a
       [Slackware](https://www.slackware.com) current system.
       
       You can read the [Documentation](https://slackbuilds.org/howto/) of
       slackbuilds for more information.
       
       We will first install **sbotools** package which make the use of
       slackbuilds a lot easier: like a proper ports tree. As it's preferable
       to let the tools create the repository, we will install them without
       downloading the whole slackbuild repository.
       
       Download the slackbuild
       [from this
       page](https://slackbuilds.org/repository/14.2/system/sbotools/),
       extract it and cd into the new directory.
       
           $ tar xzvf sbotools.tar.gz
           $ cd sbotools
           $ . ./sbotools.info
           $ wget $DOWNLOAD
           $ md5sum $(basename $DOWNLOAD)
           $ echo $MD5SUM
       
       The two md5 string should match.
       
       Now, run the build as root
       
           $ sudo sh sbotools.SlackBuild
           [lot of text]
           Slackware package /tmp/sbotools-2.7-noarch-1_SBo.tgz created.
       
       Now you can install the created package using
       
           $ sudo /sbin/installpkg /tmp/sbotools-2.7-noarch-1_SBo.tgz
       
       We now have a few programs to use the slackbuilds repository, they all
       have their own man page:
       
       + sbocheck
       + sboclean
       + sboconfig
       + sbofind
       + sboinstall
       + sboremove
       + sbosnap
       + sboupgrade
       
       
       # Creating the repository
       
       As root, run the following command:
       
           # sbosnap fetch
           Pulling SlackBuilds tree...
           Cloning into '/usr/sbo/repo'...
           remote: Enumerating objects: 59, done.
           remote: Counting objects: 100% (59/59), done.
           remote: Compressing objects: 100% (59/59), done.
           remote: Total 485454 (delta 31), reused 14 (delta 0), pack-reused
       485395
           Receiving objects: 100% (485454/485454), 134.37 MiB | 1.20 MiB/s,
       done.
           Resolving deltas: 100% (337079/337079), done.
           Updating files: 100% (39863/39863), done.
       
       The slackbuilds tree is now installed under `/usr/sbo/repo`.  This
       could be configured before using `sboconfig -s /home/solene` which
       would create a `/home/solene/repo`.
       
       
       # Searching a port
       
       One can use the command `sbofind` to look for a port:
       
           # sbofind nethack
           SBo:    nethack 3.6.6
           Path:   /usr/sbo/repo/games/nethack
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