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diff --git a/system/gnome-pkgtool/README b/system/gnome-pkgtool/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..2dd2173d95 --- /dev/null +++ b/system/gnome-pkgtool/README @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +This is a GTK+ front-end to the Slackware package management tools +(pkgtool). With gnome-pkgtool you can do the following actions to your +Slackware Linux installation: + +- Install .t?z packages +- Uninstall installed packages +- Re-install/upgrade installed packages +- Inspect packages content + +For its function, gnome-pkgtool relies on installpkg and removepkg +tools for installing and uninstalling packages. + +Upon start, gnome-pkgtool goes though /var/lib/pkgtools/packages/, so it +may take some time to appear. + +NOTE! +This program is from 2004. It seems to work fine, but keep it in mind. +The option to build packages is deprecated (requires checkinstall), so +it is patched out. |