Slackware Update Handling

[weberbill]

I know RH has the Update Network, how does Slackware handle updates to packages, kernel, etc?

 

[RhythmAce]

If Slackware uses rpms, then you could use apt or yum. If not then you are doomed to a life of building new versions from the ol' tarball.

 

[danielhozac]

With Slackware, you'll have to download every package yourself. However, I think there is a script called

swaret

(not sure as I've never liked Slack) which will automate it for you.

//Daniel

 

[BitFuzzy]

Not sure about automatic updates under slackware (I don't feel the need to do it, I'd rather like to know what's being updated so I can bypass it should I choose to)

But once you have your 'new' package updateing is as simple as typing 'upgradepkg <package_name>'