Portpkg is a ports system for Slackware Linux. Its purpose is to build and manage a larger set of software for Slackware. This is done not by provding binary packages, but by collecting scripts that download, compile and install software on your machine. The implementation is very simple and automated while still gaining the maximum possible "Slackwareness". Contribution of own ports is realised by uploading them onto our server which commits them into an open directory. Our Crew will later merge them into the ports tree. 

News

• 2008-02-17

Released portpkg version 0.38.6, which fixes a bug that caused broken 
downloads for SlackBuilds.org style ports, besides other minor 
improvements and some neat colors in the addon.format_output plugin.

To upgrade portpkg use one of those methods:
  * Via source code ("make install"):
    http://prdownload.berlios.de/portpkg/portpkg-0.38.6.tar.bz2
  * Via Slackware package ("upgradepkg portpkg-0.38.6-noarch-1tom.tgz"):
    http://prdownload.berlios.de/portpkg/portpkg-0.38.6-noarch-1tom.tgz
  * Via ports ("portpkg --sync && portpkg portpkg")

• 2007-12-27

Added to the FAQ:

 * What does "configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables" mean?

The package "glibc" from Slackware's l/ series is most likely not
installed.

 * What does "configure: error: C preprocessor "/lib/cpp" fails sanity
 check" mean?

The package "kernel-headers" from Slackware's d/ series is most likely
not installed.

• 2007-12-05

Released portpkg-0.38.5:
 * Fixed maintainer mode hang.
 * Fixed wrong timestamps.
 * Fixed defaulting to proper umask.
 * Dependencies are now checked before doing anything (resulting in a
 reasonable and complete list of what to do and what options to
 consider).

EDIT: As usual updates are available as source package
http://prdownload.berlios.de/portpkg/portpkg-0.38.5.tar.bz2 via "make
install", as Slackware package
http://prdownload.berlios.de/portpkg/portpkg-0.38.5-noarch-1tom.tgz via
"installpkg"/"upgradepkg" or in ports via "portpkg --sync; portpkg
portpkg".

• 2007-11-09

Released portpkg-0.38.4. This is yet another bugfix release.

• 2007-10-06

Bugfix release 0.38.3 in CVS.

• 2007-05-30

As I just realized, we had a problem with the upload mechanism which I
didn't know of. It seems that all uploads for at least 2 weeks have not
been received by the server--sorry, my fault! If you think that this
happened to your upload, please send it once again!

• 2007-02-20

The Portpkg Project has reached 800 build scripts by 13 authors. I have
to thank all the contributors! Keep up the good work! --Oh, and we're
mentioned in an articel about Slackware package utilities at
http://specialreports.linux.com/specialreports/07/02/19/0836244.shtml.

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