sbopkg is a command-line and dialog-based tool to synchronize with the SlackBuilds.org (“SBo”) repository, a collection of third-party SlackBuild scripts to build Slackware packages.

The sbopkg application is found on the project's website at sbopkg.org. You can choose to download the pre-compiled package or the source code directly from the homepage, for this tutorial we will be using the pre-compile package.

Once you locate the download button use your favorite download manager to download the resulting package into your chosen directory.

Once the download has completed you will need to enter your root or priveledged account to run the installation application.
Enter the chosen download directory and enter the following, substituting the version number with the current version.

#installpkg sbopkg-0.35.0.tar.gz 

All configuration files for sbopkg are kept in the /etc/sbopkg directory. The directory contains the sbopkg.conf file which is the main coniguration file, the rename.d directory which contains a list of files to be renamed for simplicity and the repos.d directory which contains the list of usable repositories.

The sbopkg.conf file is well documented with comments explaining the various options, read the comments associated with the option that you wish to change to confirm that the syntax and chosen options are correct.

* Originally written by crond * Contrbutions by mfillpot