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3 AristotlePagaltzis 1 [Slackware]'s PackageManagement format.
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3 These are simply [TarBall]s of the software, to be extracted in the filesystem root. They contain a desciption and postinstall script in __/install__, which are removed after successful installation. It doesn't get any more bare bones.
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5 A large repository of [Slackware] packages is available at [http://www.linuxpackages.net/].
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7 You can use [swaret | http://www.swaret.org/] or [Slapt-Get | http://software.jaos.org/] to achieve dependency handling on [Slackware] much the way [Debian]'s [APT] system works.