sport

Search and install SlackBuilds. More information: http://slackermedia.info/handbook/doku.php?id=slackbuilds.

• Pull the list of SlackBuilds to run sport for the first time:

sudo mkdir -p /usr/ports && sudo rsync -av rsync://slackbuilds.org /slackbuilds/$(awk '{print $2}' /etc/slackware-version)/ /usr/ports/

• Pull in any updates to the system’s tree via rsync:

sudo sport rsync

• Search for a package by name:

sport search "keyword"

• Check if a package is installed:

sport check package

• Display README and .info files of a package:

sport cat package

• Install a package once the dependencies are resolved:

sudo sport install package

• Install a list of packages from a file (format: packages separated by spaces):

sudo sport install $(< path/to/list)