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Differences between version 12 and predecessor to the previous major change of Slackware.

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Newer page:	version 12	Last edited on Tuesday, April 4, 2006 10:29:56 pm	by JamesGray	Revert
Older page:	version 10	Last edited on Monday, June 28, 2004 10:22:24 pm	by AristotlePagaltzis	Revert

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The [Package] format is as simple as it gets - plain old [TarBall]s of the files to install, plus an installation script. [Slackware] itself offers only rudimentary [PackageManagementTool]s that mainly aid upgrading or uninstalling. However, a variety of third party [PackageManagementTool]s that include dependency resolution now exist, several of which are endorsed by [Slackware].

Installation of software not included in the current or latest version of the distribution usually means compiling from source, though a third party package repository exists at [Linuxpackages.net | http://linuxpackages.net]. You definitely want to have a look at [checkinstall | http://freshmeat.net/projects/checkinstall/], a thiry party utility which monitors __make install__ (or any other installation process) and assembles the copied files into a package, making later removal sane and simple.

-The current version of the distribution is 10. . It comes on two CDs chock full of goodies. The second contains mainly [KDE~~] and [GNOME~~ ], all the rest is on the first disc.

+The current version of the distribution is 10.2 . It comes on two CDs chock full of goodies. The second contains mainly [KDE], all the rest is on the first disc.