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Slackbuilds And SBo

Using slackbuilds.org git master branch with sbopkg

From http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/slackware64-14-problems-with-compiling-packages-from-slackbuilds-org-4175429712/

create a file /etc/sbopkg/repos.d/80-slackbuilds-master.repo with this content (one line)

slackbuilds master “Official git master from slackbuilds.org” custom git git:slackbuilds.org/slackbuilds.git@master “” then, to have it selected as the default repository, edit the lines of /etc/sbopkg/sbopkg.conf with the variables REPO_BRANCH and REPO_NAME REPO_BRANCH=${REPO_BRANCH:-master} REPO_NAME=${REPO_NAME:-slackbuilds} and do a sbopkg -r (to sync). For temporary usage sbopkg -V slackbuilds/master -r sbopkg -V slackbuilds/master -i my_package_or_queue

Trace: • mariostg